avater@lemmy.world
on 15 Nov 2023 06:42
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a headline from the same page đ
I Donât Really Understand What The Five Nights At Freddyâs Movie Was About, And It Wasnât Good, But I Didnât Hate It
But in general I totally agree on that. Those clickbait headlines simply suck.
mcforest@kbin.social
on 15 Nov 2023 07:51
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or
You Can Finally Fall for Rusty In This Armored Core 6 Dating Sim
avater@lemmy.world
on 15 Nov 2023 08:09
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from the same outlet?
mcforest@kbin.social
on 15 Nov 2023 09:56
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Right now in the "featured stories" on aftermath
magic_lobster_party@kbin.social
on 15 Nov 2023 14:34
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AC6 is already a Rusty dating sim
Goronmon@lemmy.world
on 15 Nov 2023 17:11
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I think for that title to accurately reflect the overall complaint it would be something more like âI Donât Really Understand What This New Movie Release Was About, And It Wasnât Good, But I Didnât Hate Itâ or to use the lower level commentâs example âYou Can Finally Fall for Your Favorite Character In This Dating Sim Based on a Popular Recent Releaseâ.
Where the title is intentionally vague so that you need to read it to even understand what they are talking about. The original titles could be easily summarized as âOpinions on Five Nights At Freddyâs movieâ or âDating Sim based on character from Armored Core 6â just based on the title alone. So if you are arenât interested in either of those topics, you can easily skip reading.
Carighan@lemmy.world
on 15 Nov 2023 06:58
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I love how this headline, too, doesnât tell us what itâs about. But fair enough, itâs a good way to poke fun at the clickbait problem.
And frankly, the shitty part is that by now clickbait headlines/titles have become utterly ubiquitous. To the point where most users will no longer even notice, because theyâve become 100% of headlines.
stopthatgirl7@kbin.social
on 15 Nov 2023 07:51
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I love how the comments so far are complaining about âclickbait headlinesâ when in the article he says he doesnât consider these to be âclickbaitâ because the definition doesnât fit these.
Carighan@lemmy.world
on 15 Nov 2023 09:06
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Thatâs probably because the definition is a personal one. In the very literal sense of the word, a headline baiting you into clicking onto it needlessly is clickbait. It baited you into clicking.
And while the author is free to use a very narrow definition, itâs entirely reasonable - and has as far as I can tell become the norm - to define it as any headline where the article only says something that would have trivially fit into the headline to begin with.
So for example, this very article could be better titled âClickbait has made video game headlines exhausting to readâ, and without being longer it would convey the crucial part of information - why is it exhausting?! - without someone having to first open and scan the article. Which, if the article were well-written, theyâd still want to do, assuming the subject matter is of interest to them.
And thatâs the thing: clickbait precludes being allowed this choice. By not telling you the crucial piece of information, you are forced to open the article (generating ad impressions!) to find out whether you want to read it or not, often wasting time diagonally scanning said article.
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a headline from the same page đ
But in general I totally agree on that. Those clickbait headlines simply suck.
or
from the same outlet?
Right now in the "featured stories" on aftermath
AC6 is already a Rusty dating sim
I think for that title to accurately reflect the overall complaint it would be something more like âI Donât Really Understand What This New Movie Release Was About, And It Wasnât Good, But I Didnât Hate Itâ or to use the lower level commentâs example âYou Can Finally Fall for Your Favorite Character In This Dating Sim Based on a Popular Recent Releaseâ.
Where the title is intentionally vague so that you need to read it to even understand what they are talking about. The original titles could be easily summarized as âOpinions on Five Nights At Freddyâs movieâ or âDating Sim based on character from Armored Core 6â just based on the title alone. So if you are arenât interested in either of those topics, you can easily skip reading.
I love how this headline, too, doesnât tell us what itâs about. But fair enough, itâs a good way to poke fun at the clickbait problem.
And frankly, the shitty part is that by now clickbait headlines/titles have become utterly ubiquitous. To the point where most users will no longer even notice, because theyâve become 100% of headlines.
I love how the comments so far are complaining about âclickbait headlinesâ when in the article he says he doesnât consider these to be âclickbaitâ because the definition doesnât fit these.
Thatâs probably because the definition is a personal one. In the very literal sense of the word, a headline baiting you into clicking onto it needlessly is clickbait. It baited you into clicking.
And while the author is free to use a very narrow definition, itâs entirely reasonable - and has as far as I can tell become the norm - to define it as any headline where the article only says something that would have trivially fit into the headline to begin with.
So for example, this very article could be better titled âClickbait has made video game headlines exhausting to readâ, and without being longer it would convey the crucial part of information - why is it exhausting?! - without someone having to first open and scan the article. Which, if the article were well-written, theyâd still want to do, assuming the subject matter is of interest to them.
And thatâs the thing: clickbait precludes being allowed this choice. By not telling you the crucial piece of information, you are forced to open the article (generating ad impressions!) to find out whether you want to read it or not, often wasting time diagonally scanning said article.
Just read them before you do the math