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Clickbait?

Posted By: Jim Stutz
Date: Saturday, 31 March 2018, at 11:43 a.m.

In Response To: Literally (Tom Keith)

Nah. When there is no intent to deceive the would-be reader, and the subject of the piece under the headline is (arguably) genuinely significant and accurately reported, then I wouldn't call the attention-getting link clickbait. For example, compare: "The Queen Mum's Dog Does Playboy Shoot. You Won't Believe the Reason Why!" to "Titanic Sinks. Great Loss of Life. Band Played Until End."

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