tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post3851988536691010297..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Curing premature annunciationGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-45534643691000264582014-06-13T00:57:03.524-07:002014-06-13T00:57:03.524-07:00Take a known topic, regurgitate it utterly, with w...Take a known topic, regurgitate it utterly, with worthless prose and rhetorical questions, a snazzy graphic, and a sinfully embellished title, and you've got yourself some "clickbait."<br /><br />...and it works really well.<br /><br />"Dammit" I say, audibly to myself, as I drop an article halfway through, upon realising that it will offer no new information on the subject at-hand.<br /><br />If you get clicks, you get a paycheck. If we want to get rid of the avalanche of nothingarticles, the internet needs to change it's monetization schema.Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.com