Growing out
of clickbaity time - killers instead of moving toward them and having a real focus on inclusivity — so, the opposite of the rest of the Internet.
These deceptive advertisements are injected into your feed, trying to hijack your attention
with clickbaity headlines and distracting images.
I used a pretty
clickbaity title, but hey, it worked: you clicked through as it tickled your curiosity, and here you are 1/2 way through still reading.
In my experience, such tricks have been abused so much that emails with
such clickbaity subject lines sometimes do not even make it to the inbox, let alone be opened.
This is like a BuzzFeed headline at its finest;
using clickbaity techniques like pattern interruption to get viewers to stop in their tracks and pay attention.
After diligently playing and writing about Super Mario Odyssey kingdom - by - kingdom, it's time to siphon my thoughts down into the shallow, quantifiable,
clickbaity realm of ranking.
Paul Miller might
write clickbaity stories, but he certainly is not a contract writer....
This is a gross misconception sadly relayed by the Eurogamer website's article and
clickbaity title.
Joanna Penn: With people feeling a bit of a backlash against some of
these clickbaity headlines in blog posts and things, and if people are feeling a bit weird about doing this type of copywriting.
No way I'm watching a video with a thumbnail that stupid and
clickbaity.
I actually thought I would see some sales numbers and statistics but instead just
a clickbaity sensational piece to stir up the hornets nest.
Secondly, let me come clean: The title is
clickbaity.
Sure, the game itself is a bit of
a clickbaity mess, but it's a fun one.
The Trending section is predominantly controlled by an algorithm, so it'd be understandable if it picked up any video that happened to be getting a ton of views at any given moment, but the outline of the Trending section clearly says it avoids videos that are not «misleading,
clickbaity or sensational.»