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[–] [email protected] 144 points 1 day ago (12 children)

'is weirder than you thought '

I am as likely to click a link with that line as much as if it had

'this one weird trick' or 'side hussle'.

I would really like it if headlines treated us like adults and got rid of click baity lines.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (5 children)

They do it because it works on the whole. If straight titles were as effective they'd be used instead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That's mildly depressing.

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