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Clickbait

A headline written to be clicked rather than to inform. The trick is withholding the one detail that would answer it, so that you have to open the page to find out.

Clickbait: A headline written to be clicked rather than to inform. The trick is withholding the one detail that would answer it, so that you have to open the page to find out. Think of it as A shop sign promising more than the shelves hold. Clickbait HOW TECH CULTURE WORKS A headline written to be clicked rather than to inform. The trick is withholding the onedetail that would answer it, so that you have to open the page to find out. ONE DETAIL HELD BACKTHE HEADLINETHE ANSWER, EVENTUALLY A shop sign promising more than the shelves hold. FOR EXAMPLE "You will not believe what happened next." You click. What happened next is ordinary,and they got what they wanted.
The drawing that proves the sentence above. It is the same card that is in the book.

Think of it as

a shop sign promising more than the shelves hold.

For example

"You will not believe what happened next." You click. What happened next is ordinary, and they got what they wanted.

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