I judge the headline as clickbait as well, and skipped reading it because of it.
Sounds like I made the right decision based on other comments.
It (probably) could've easily said, in say one to ten words, what actually happened, in the headline, so that I could decide whether I wanted to read into the details or whether it didn't interest me at all.
With the headline being "something happened" and you'll have to read multiple paragraphs before you find out anything at all, I'm immediately put off. I feel like my time is being wasted.
Entice me by describing an interesting outcome in the headline, that I want to read more about, or inform me, in the headline, that it's not an article for me.
Attempting to artificially drive more traffic and eyeballs to an article, by withholding details in the headline of what it is about, is the definition of clickbait in my book.
Sounds like I made the right decision based on other comments.
It (probably) could've easily said, in say one to ten words, what actually happened, in the headline, so that I could decide whether I wanted to read into the details or whether it didn't interest me at all.
With the headline being "something happened" and you'll have to read multiple paragraphs before you find out anything at all, I'm immediately put off. I feel like my time is being wasted.
Entice me by describing an interesting outcome in the headline, that I want to read more about, or inform me, in the headline, that it's not an article for me.
Attempting to artificially drive more traffic and eyeballs to an article, by withholding details in the headline of what it is about, is the definition of clickbait in my book.