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This Facebook Page Reduces Clickbait Articles To A Single Line, And Here Are 35 Times It Did Just That (New Pics)
As the name implies, clickbait is a form of false advertisement online. It usually comes as a link to a website with a sensationalist headline, and it has become the laughing stock of the internet.
"You won't believe what this celebrity said." "Ignoring that symptom will cost you your life." You've seen it, you hate it, you get the idea.
Luckily, there's a fun little project that tries to put an end to this dirty practice by showing just how redundant and cringey it actually is — Stop Clickbait opens up these publications and reduces them to a single line. It then shares the phrase together with the original title next to it, and the stark contrast proves that we do, in fact, need to stop clickbait.
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Stop Clickbait started in May of 2016. "I am an advertising major so over the years I've become very cynical when it comes to advertising," the project's creator Daniel told Bored Panda about its origins.
"I am quite fascinated by the spread of online ads and started to think it would be not only hilarious but also useful to many to go against the economy of the internet; ad revenue. Within a few days, it blew up with viral posts across social media channels and since then there have been vast amounts of support coming from all over the world. Since then, we have expanded into 10 different pages to specialize in different categories of clickbait as well as in 12 different countries around the world."
At its peak, Stop Clickbait has had a team of over 100 volunteers from around the world. There were people that specialized in things like graphic design, communications, and even computer programming.
Daniel said everyone who has been involved in the project was really passionate about fighting for the cause, and finding volunteers has generally been quite easy.
Daniel and his team believe that at least a couple of things should happen for clickbait to disappear. "First, social media companies need to provide tools to content producers to incentivize them to keep their content on their social media page," he said.
"One way they can do this is to provide options to generate revenue by posting [directly] on social media like Facebook or Twitter." In other words, content providers shouldn't have to redirect their social media followers elsewhere.
"Another thing we fight for is to promote media literacy," Daniel added. "By being able to read a headline and tell the difference between a journalist with integrity or simply someone using sensationalism to generate a click, the user can make an educated decision on who to support."
The team thanks everyone around the world that has been using the hashtag #StopClickBait by themselves to spoil clickbait they find online.
"We've heard from hundreds of people that they've gotten banned from Facebook pages because they keep spoiling their clickbait in the comments. Awesome. We are the little people joining together to fight against the media giants, and we're having an impact. It's time to fight against the economy of the Internet; it's all in the name, it's time to stop clickbait."
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DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
I thought they meant the dog's body. It's 6am here so I'm still waking up.
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Gandalf the Pink 3 years ago (edited)
What if he says "Next is Xlandorf the Impeccable from Saturn" 😳😳
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T. D. Bostick 3 years ago
The last time the British let the public choose a name, they named a research submarine 'Boaty McBoatface'. They're lucky they didn't end up with 'Monkey McMonkface' this time.
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DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
"Flat belly" is what I don't like about this. Say lose weight or cut calories or something.
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Sum Guy 3 years ago
And people thought men are just horny... in fact we have been trying to keep ourselves healthy
Adrian 3 years ago
I tried, I really did, every day sometimes twice or three times. It didn't work - I ended up with my prostate removed. Sniff, sniff. Robotic nerve saving operation they said - didn't work either. Now I can't do it at all. Howl. So keep at it you guys, just set your aim higher. What's the world record? sustainable, over a 30 day period? forever.
Naesil 3 years ago
"Teenager allegedly masturbated a jaw-dropping 56 times non-stop before dying of a heart attack" so the number is somewhere between yours and 56 times per day. *thinking*
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Matthew Coughlin 3 years ago
Thank god! Im like making sure I don't have prostate cancer... that's right no prostate cancer here... that's what I keep telling myself...not that it's that I'm married
Betsy Novack 3 years ago
Anyone ever wonder if there's a gene in the DNA of anything male, the excuse gene, that is behind the explanation and
Betsy Novack 3 years ago
And excuses for every time it takes control of the male brain. While the female genetic code includes a built in b******t detector.
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Wang Zhuang 3 years ago
Wow. I'm glad I avoided the click bait, but I didn't realize ejaculation needed to be that often
Fraxinus excelsior 3 years ago
Just remember, you only get a bucket full in your lifetime, use it wisely
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Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago (edited)
Well the headline itself says it. *Edit* here's to the nit pickers- the partial summary along side the headline says it all. Ffs that sounds abso fruiten lootely stupid
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Adrian 3 years ago
In the Cayman Islands, for instance, offshore companies are not taxed on income earned abroad, and there is no taxation of Cayman international business companies. The Cayman Islands has no income tax, no corporate tax, no estate or inheritance tax, and no gift tax or capital gains tax, making it a pure tax haven.
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Lost Panda 3 years ago
As an Australian the only thing I know about Taco Bell is that it apparently gives you the runs!
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Mazer 3 years ago (edited)
Cardinal rule, check as many reviews as possible from as many sources as possible before going. Once at the restaurant, ask to use the restroom before being seated. Check the cleanliness of the restroom, the windows and the menus, those three things are frequently left to the last to clean (one parent was part owner of a restaurant).
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Mazer 3 years ago
Good gawd people!! Your body and brain work best when there is fat in the diet, especially from natural resources. The sugar companies created a highly successful campaign to take the heat off how bad refined sugar is for humans. They blamed eggs, meat and dairy. Want to reduce fat snd especially bad cholesterol?? Cut out refined sugar, which is hiding in so many commercially produced foods. There is a condition called rabbit starvation diet, it comes from the fact that rabbits are very very lean, especially wild caught rabbits.
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Lee Macro 3 years ago
I read all the entries on this post. What happened next will shock you!!
RaroaRaroa 3 years ago
Ha ha. I've noticed recently that these clickbait articles on facebook often have a comment below summarising the story. Some kind sole has taken one for the team and saved everyone else from clicking.
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Mr Zipperface 3 years ago
Clickbait always reminds me of the type of person who likes to say "I know something you don't know. Do you want me to tell you? I don't know if I should tell you."
Nul Nemo 3 years ago
Haha, yeah. And I say: "then don't." We have one such 5-minutes-glory seeker at work. That one will commonly say "I know this for a fact from a high-up in the ministry but don't ask me their name cos I can't tell you." (They have important sources, get it!) Then comes a pause so we can ask them. *insert cricket noises, tumbleweed, wind blowing*... No one cares to ask, duh.
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GenericPanda09 3 years ago
If it's all explained in the first paragraph of an article then I don't feel too aggrieved, but I really f****n hate the ones that spread out maybe a half page of info over 12 webpages just so they can get more ads onto your screen. If I'm looking for a recipe, I want the recipe front and proud on the first page I come to, not hidden away a dozen pages later after they've rambled on with filler for ad space. It just makes me go find another source, not want to give you ad revenue.
Yort 3 years ago
That’s a combination of copyright stuff (recipes can’t be copyrighted, but the stupid stories nobody cares about can be) and web search optimization. I wish the long pre-recipe articles were RELEVANT at least. There’s like a novel about this woman’s husband learning to castrate bull calves before a recipe for barbecue sauce on one website. You mix ketchup and brown sugar, I saved you a click.
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
To me, a great rule of thumb is -- Any article that is titled by a question is either answered by "NO" or "NOBODY KNOWS" and is an utter waste of your time. Also, screw science articles and videos that spend half the article talking about some random researcher and how he grew up and what flavor of pasta sauce he likes and his dog's name and horseshit like that. Then has to reprise the entire history of the world for the next third of the article. You know they have at most 1 or 2 lines of interesting information to impart and the whole rest of the article is complete garbage.
Alexa Saltz 3 years ago
I just Google it and get the answer faster. 9 times out of 10 the answer is stupid and useless.
boone williams 3 years ago
I answered every leading question with "your mom" and regret nothing.
Duke Silver 3 years ago (edited)
their whole lives are clickbait. they were MADE to be clickbait.
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Pierre Tomas 3 years ago
..a lot of these sites are free so they rely on us clicking on them to read the article, and gain more web traffic, ad revenue, etc.. it's annoying, but hey, they're still free to use..
Sheerkestrel577 3 years ago
my faith in humanity was both restored and deleted in the reading of this
Rob Chapman 3 years ago
I wonder what happened to them. They haven't posted anything since December 2020. Their Twitter, Instagram & Youtube pages also haven;t been updated.
Wang Zhuang 3 years ago
I loved this page! I hate click bait, and I'm glad someone thought to do this
Na Schi 3 years ago
I hate those articles and I utterly detest those tidbits of "news" that pop up in between an article I'm reading. However, sometimes I'm still so excited that I click (e.g. on news pages with a whole lots bunch of real news), to immediately regret it! My explanation: the usual human is still as curious as the usual ape. Curiosity sometimes get the better of them (even when being aware of the outcome/consequences). Or like the saying: curiosity killed the cat.
Steve 3 years ago
There's also click bait articles that have it set up where you have to click through multiple pages just to see the answer. It always starts with nonsense info that is not relevant to the story like the background of the people involved or what they were doing before the events happened. This is probably done so that you get to see ads on each page you click. Heck I seen one or two articles outright admit that the stories were made up for entertainment purposes.
Bobby 3 years ago
I've gone through with this. You'll be surprised. For details: https://keepcalms.com/p/keep-calm-you-ve-been-pranked-2/
Lee Macro 3 years ago
I read all the entries on this post. What happened next will shock you!!
RaroaRaroa 3 years ago
Ha ha. I've noticed recently that these clickbait articles on facebook often have a comment below summarising the story. Some kind sole has taken one for the team and saved everyone else from clicking.
Load More Replies... Mr Zipperface 3 years ago
Clickbait always reminds me of the type of person who likes to say "I know something you don't know. Do you want me to tell you? I don't know if I should tell you."
Nul Nemo 3 years ago
Haha, yeah. And I say: "then don't." We have one such 5-minutes-glory seeker at work. That one will commonly say "I know this for a fact from a high-up in the ministry but don't ask me their name cos I can't tell you." (They have important sources, get it!) Then comes a pause so we can ask them. *insert cricket noises, tumbleweed, wind blowing*... No one cares to ask, duh.
Load More Replies... GenericPanda09 3 years ago
If it's all explained in the first paragraph of an article then I don't feel too aggrieved, but I really f****n hate the ones that spread out maybe a half page of info over 12 webpages just so they can get more ads onto your screen. If I'm looking for a recipe, I want the recipe front and proud on the first page I come to, not hidden away a dozen pages later after they've rambled on with filler for ad space. It just makes me go find another source, not want to give you ad revenue.
Yort 3 years ago
That’s a combination of copyright stuff (recipes can’t be copyrighted, but the stupid stories nobody cares about can be) and web search optimization. I wish the long pre-recipe articles were RELEVANT at least. There’s like a novel about this woman’s husband learning to castrate bull calves before a recipe for barbecue sauce on one website. You mix ketchup and brown sugar, I saved you a click.
Load More Replies... Paul Davis 3 years ago
To me, a great rule of thumb is -- Any article that is titled by a question is either answered by "NO" or "NOBODY KNOWS" and is an utter waste of your time. Also, screw science articles and videos that spend half the article talking about some random researcher and how he grew up and what flavor of pasta sauce he likes and his dog's name and horseshit like that. Then has to reprise the entire history of the world for the next third of the article. You know they have at most 1 or 2 lines of interesting information to impart and the whole rest of the article is complete garbage.
Alexa Saltz 3 years ago
I just Google it and get the answer faster. 9 times out of 10 the answer is stupid and useless.
boone williams 3 years ago
I answered every leading question with "your mom" and regret nothing.
Duke Silver 3 years ago (edited)
their whole lives are clickbait. they were MADE to be clickbait.
Load More Replies... Pierre Tomas 3 years ago
..a lot of these sites are free so they rely on us clicking on them to read the article, and gain more web traffic, ad revenue, etc.. it's annoying, but hey, they're still free to use..
Sheerkestrel577 3 years ago
my faith in humanity was both restored and deleted in the reading of this
Rob Chapman 3 years ago
I wonder what happened to them. They haven't posted anything since December 2020. Their Twitter, Instagram & Youtube pages also haven;t been updated.
Wang Zhuang 3 years ago
I loved this page! I hate click bait, and I'm glad someone thought to do this
Na Schi 3 years ago
I hate those articles and I utterly detest those tidbits of "news" that pop up in between an article I'm reading. However, sometimes I'm still so excited that I click (e.g. on news pages with a whole lots bunch of real news), to immediately regret it! My explanation: the usual human is still as curious as the usual ape. Curiosity sometimes get the better of them (even when being aware of the outcome/consequences). Or like the saying: curiosity killed the cat.
Steve 3 years ago
There's also click bait articles that have it set up where you have to click through multiple pages just to see the answer. It always starts with nonsense info that is not relevant to the story like the background of the people involved or what they were doing before the events happened. This is probably done so that you get to see ads on each page you click. Heck I seen one or two articles outright admit that the stories were made up for entertainment purposes.
Bobby 3 years ago
I've gone through with this. You'll be surprised. For details: https://keepcalms.com/p/keep-calm-you-ve-been-pranked-2/
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