URL bait


luring website traffic with an active link in a short, cryptic or obscure message. commonly used in twitter, with bit.ly shorteners. exploits the temptation to click first and ask questions later.
i got this url bait off the mailing list – “lol see if you can follow 😉 htt-://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxjkdh6kz0w”

twitter is full of url bait – “food (and wine) for thought htt-://bit.ly/amnyf”

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