Clickbaitism

The act of creating clickbait headlines - to lure readers to inane, untrue or double-minded articles - sold as journalism.

Clickbaitism is clickbait combined with really bad and dishonest journalism.

Especially social media and sponsored articles lead to a new form of clickbaitism.

You can get a degree in clickbaitism at the University of Mount Whateverest.

by KeSch November 15, 2023

Clickfishing

A play on “catfish” and “fishing for clicks/attention,” and paints a picture of them dangling bait (provocative posts, hot takes, or nonsense) to see who bites.

That account on X is a clickfisher and is clickfishing

by Toastertoast September 19, 2025