Click bait, that's what it's called!

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

Von Due · 10-25-16, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

"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/

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

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.

10-25-16, 02:47 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Click bait, that's what it's called! 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 __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-25-16, 04:18 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,397 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	25 photographs never before seen that will blow your mind!!! In some cases there ain't even 25/ __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

10-25-16, 04:24 PM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	25 pages of massive advertising, with "Next" links in there somewhere. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-25-16, 04:44 PM	#5
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,468 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	25 things you never knew a squirrel could do... __________________

10-25-16, 08:59 PM	#6
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,226 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What gets me is that the picture that gets you to click is never in the pictures they show you. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.