click bait
(noun, pejorative) a seemingly innocent posting on social media that contains a link to more content, but whose true goal is to trick the viewer into clicking on the link so that the writer can collect view stats — usually for monetary or for narcissistic purposes.
that tweet on how to get girls/guys was just clickbait — it linked to some book on amazon.
that posting in my stream t-tled “what this person did for that will amaze you!” was just clickbait and linked to a paid advertis-m-nt video.
an eyecatching link on a website which encourages people to read on. it is often paid for by the advertiser (“paid” click bait) or generates income based on the number of clicks.
this is not news, really. it’s click bait, the stuff pageviews are made of.
or
this is the worst article i’ve ever read, clearly from a m-ssive microsoft hater or paid by apple/google. it’s just paid fud clickbait, wouldn’t expect any better of news.com.au. source: whirlpool forum 21 oct 2012.
when a news article or link has a provocative t-tle in order to get you to click on it.
even though it’s actually total sensationalism bullsh-t.
t-tle
‘president obama loves kkk!?’
“hey what the f-ck, deshaun you see this sh-t?”
“ahah man, that sh-t’s just click-bait!”
-click-
“obama loves the krispey kreme’s new special item, ‘krispey glazed bear claws.'”
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