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Onkel Neal
10-25-16, 02:47 PM
Some time back I made a post here (I think) about the trend of links after news stories, links that seemed to have a common theme, like "You wont believe what happens next..."

I cannot find that thread anywhere, I wonder if it got purged in the spam wave we had...?

Anyway, they have a name for that, click bait, and I got a laugh out of this Simpson clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nFL2Oxd9Nc
Von Due
10-25-16, 02:52 PM
"You wont believe what happens next..."


I found the best way to deal with those is to wait for the inevitable follow up story. Surly there must be a follow up on such an amazing story. If not then meh, no loss.
Platapus
10-25-16, 04:18 PM
25 photographs never before seen that will blow your mind!!!

In some cases there ain't even 25/ :doh:
Onkel Neal
10-25-16, 04:24 PM
25 pages of massive advertising, with "Next" links in there somewhere.
Eichhörnchen
10-25-16, 04:44 PM
http://i.imgur.com/raR2vov.jpg 25 things you never knew a squirrel could do...
August
10-25-16, 08:59 PM
What gets me is that the picture that gets you to click is never in the pictures they show you.
em2nought
10-26-16, 01:35 AM
What gets me is that the picture that gets you to click is never in the pictures they show you.

Yeah, they really should call it click bait and switch. :arrgh!:
Jimbuna
10-26-16, 06:30 AM
What gets me is that the picture that gets you to click is never in the pictures they show you.

Yeah, used to get me regularly on my iPhone but I eventually become educated and simply ignore them.

My main annoyance is that they are quite often embedded into the sites I trust and look at the most often.
August
10-26-16, 09:50 PM
Yeah, they really should call it click bait and switch. :arrgh!:


:haha: