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0 pointsYgg26y ago0 comments

I doubt this. Reason clickbait works is because it's more attention grabbing. It's more attention grabbing because it appeals to human innate fears.

And even if clickbait is banned and subscription mandatory, media would be in a race to the bottom. Just a slightly different one.

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TeMPOraL6y ago

Reason clickbait works is because it is needed to drive page views. In a subscription model, media sites would have an incentive to put out stories that are interesting beyond the first page view.

Ygg2OP6y ago

Ok. But if you can't view more than a paragraph, why not just judge the article by the headline.

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