Comment by bmenrigh
4 hours ago
Can we stop it with "and the results are terrifying", "and you won't believe what I found", "the <x> situation is insane", etc.? The over-hyping of low quality, low effort content is making it hard to find actually interesting or informative things.
Yea I was thinking the same thing.
When you reach for the most exaggerated, over-the-top word possible when describing something relatively mundane, what will you use when you talk about something that actually is "terrifying?"
“The most terrifying thing you’ve ever heard”. You can even stick with that one as long as your subjects are monotonically scary.
Find a better and more accessible solution than clickbait.
Please, do it.
"Privacy concerns found in audit of popular dev tools" (or something along those lines) would work without feeling sensationalized.
Yes this one time. I’m speaking generally in response to the general plea.
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"better", "more accessible"? What the hell are you talking about? Clickbait doesn't make anything better or more accessible.
Instead, it makes it impossible to pre-select for interesting information. Instead of telling you what something is about, it tells you how you should feel about it. That's not improving accessibility.
I meant from the author’s perspective. Clickbait is too easy, which is probably why it’s so popular.
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