Then you wouldn’t need to click the link and read 20,000 words and 15 adverts before the buried headline is finally revealed.
Comment on Common sugar substitute shown to impair brain cells, boost stroke risk
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why cannot they just put erythriol in the title?
fartsparkles@lemmy.world 2 months ago
recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 2 months ago
ProZD - clickbait/YOU WON'T BELIEVE meme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4FuOi9rvKw)
razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Then you wouldn’t click the link to find out what it was.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah but shit like this makes me not want to read the article at all. I just skim it until I find what the thing is.
Just like some annoying marketing campaigns with ads that you have no fucking idea what they are about (like “.it’s coming”, “soon” and shit like that) and only find out like a month later when they make a new campaign actually telling you that. I will never engage with that company or buy the product juat because I hate ads like that.
razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Oh, I hate it too, but it’s going to continue happening as long as there are more users that increase website traffic and generate ad revenue by falling for the clickbait than there are that avoid the product entirely because of it.
Ragnor@feddit.dk 2 months ago
I never click on clickbait. I refuse to support anyone who engages in that practice.
Skimming the article is the same as reading it in full - they just want to place their cookies, and clicking the link is enough to do that if you don’t go through all the settings including turning off all the “legitimate interest” options - and that is often a pain to do.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have an extension that automatically does cookies for me