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Originally Posted by Z-man

Not necessarily. Most of the online 'news' agencies do this.


Recent Clickbait headlines on Yahoo:
"Passenger gets stuck betwwen train and platform Commuters watching failed attempts to free a trapped man take matters into their own hands. Caught on Video."
"Father's sweet reaction of a lifetime. One look at the rare find had Larry Benson tearing up -- and then he read the note from his son. You earned it.

Then there's CNN's "Breaking News" headlines that attempt to reel you in by giving ou part of a newstory.

Buzzfeed is another place clickbait reigns.

I am sure that Twitter, Instagram, Pintrest (sp?) and the other social media websites also have plenty of clickbait.

Staying away from Facebook won't keep Clickbait at bay...

-Z

Better avoid the Weather Channel as well then. I try to avoid websites with any spammy type stuff, they just give me a bad vibe.