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by alan_wade 2735 days ago
Clickbait + low quality content is what fatigues users.

Personally I don't mind clickbait if after doing whatever it takes to grab my attention, the creator delivers on an actually solid high quality educational/entertaining content.
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mikestew 2735 days ago
Personally I don't mind clickbait if after doing whatever it takes to grab my attention, the creator delivers on an actually solid high quality

Captain Pedantic, reporting for duty, and that’s not actually clickbait. If the masterful baiter of clicks actually delivers, then it wasn’t bait. I mean, what’s to complain about? Turns out there is a way to target stubborn belly fat, five minutes a day, who knew?

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WA 2735 days ago
This concept is called: overpromise and underdeliver.

The content should at least match the promise of the headline, or even overdeliver. Then readers are happy.

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