The endless, relentless onslaught of clickbait titles in every Facebook feed

[skyscraper101]

Another one I've been noticing: 'Like' if you agree 'Share' if you disagree.

 

[TitanSound]

This thread has blown my mind, restored my faith in humanity and saved a little girl from dying of some horrible disease.

 

[editor]

"At First I Was Scared By How She Was Bathing This Baby, But Now I See That It's Magical."

"It Looks Like He's Drifting Into Nowhere. When I Realized Where He Was...Wow!"

No, seriously. Fuck off with this shit.

 

[editor]

These 35 Celebrities With Twins From Centuries Ago Will Give You Chills!

Pretty sure they won't, you know, not that I'm fucking clicking.

 

[editor]

"In 3 Minutes, This Will Change How You Look At EVERYONE Around You. I'm Crushed"

No it fucking won't.

 

[Silva]

I don't even mind listicling that much - sometimes I just want to kill off a few minutes and read a couple of paragraphs about "5 x who almost y", and if the topic (and the writing of the article) is interesting enough, I might even look up more on wikipedia or other sources. What I do hate is this modern trend of upworthy-style titles. My life is a as dull as a new grey cinderblock, and after two of three clicks on something that would "amaze me" or that I "wouldn't believe" ended up boring me, I started to block that kind of manipulative bullshit internally. Or doing what this extension does.

 

[5t3IIa]

Here is Guardian and Telegraph doing click-bait headlines and getting busted (?) underneath by the BBC.



The story relates to a study in fruit flies (our brave brethren in the search for genetic thingamabobs), not humans.

 

[quimcunx]

Sandra Bullock LIED!!!!

Ellen Degeneres LIED!!!

FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF.

 

[editor]

It's all come true

 

[Crispy]

You know you can hide entire sites from your feed? I've hidden all those quiz websites, clickbait factories etc. Barely see any nowadays.

 

[JTG]

You know you can hide entire sites from your feed? I've hidden all those quiz websites, clickbait factories etc. Barely see any nowadays.

Facebook must look really weird now you don't get any updates from anybody

 

[Supine]

Facebook must look really weird now you don't get any updates from anybody

I was just wondering about this. Why is your feed full of shite? Is it your friends sharing this stuff or what?

 

[spanglechick]

I haven't banned buzzfeed, but I have banned the daily mail, which was just the best thing I've done to improve my online existence since installing adblocker.

Other sites the get banned forever = radio station sites (esp American and Australian) seem to specialise in brainless humour and schmaltzy sentiment. Pet Rehoming / dog interest sites. The sub-buzzfeed imitators. Star sign bollocks. Anything religious or spiritual...

It's taken a while but Facebook is significantly more pleasant and faster to catch up on than it was.

 

[High Voltage]

I have one person I contact on Facebook - she's a friend in the states and once or twice a year religiously I'll log into Facebook to see how her and her family are doing

everything on my Facebook account is locked down to the max as far as I can tell - nothing is public and I'm never contacted by anyone apart from my friend - she finds this amusing, I find it makes using Facebook bearable

 

[skyscraper101]

I noticed a lot of - "the trick/hack/loophole that (insert industry here) don't want you to know about!!"

Getting so tired of all this bullshit on facebook. Despite this, I continue to suffer it for convenience alone.

 

[editor]

Anything with 'adorable' in the title remains unclicked.

 

[Piers Gibbon]

And any link that claims:

"At last! X quietly/finally/forced to admit in court that 2+2=5"

where X = Coca Cola/McDonalds/Aspartame/Vaccine manufacturers etc

 

[xes]

lol, glad it's not just the crazy forums where this happens. 'You won't believe what happened next!!' No, you're right, I probably wouldn't.

 

[8den]

My top ten tips to avoid click bait. You won't believe what's number 1!







Click here to find out more...

 

[Piers Gibbon]

and anything that says "Read/watch/buy it before they ban it"

 

[ViolentPanda]

and anything that says "Read/watch/buy it before they ban it"

That's the very reason I give for reading, watching and buying hardcore redneck gonzo porn, dear boy!

 

[skyscraper101]

This 5 bedroom mansion is on the market for just ONE POUND! BUT there's a catch!

At least twice a month.

 

[8ball]

I know it's considered pretentious but I've scrambled my password for a month because I just can't take the shit at the moment.

 

[Mia]

I've returned to Facebook after a six month break and it's worse than ever, though the articles telling me to click for botched plastic surgery pics are getting to me I'm ashamed to say I will resist temptation

 

[editor]

This one has just come up in my feed: "Adorable little kid attempts to fend off attack by 3 adorable puppies"

Anyone using the word 'adorable' in their titles should be mauled by a pack of hungry badgers.

 

[ViolentPanda]

This one has just come up in my feed: "Adorable little kid attempts to fend off attack by 3 adorable puppies"

Anyone using the word 'adorable' in their titles should be mauled by a pack of hungry badgers.

Adorable hungry honey badgers?

 

[editor]

Hahaha. Fuck you, clickbait cunts. Your shitting scam is coming to an end

Facebook to suppress clickbait stories - BBC News

 

[bi0boy]

Hahaha. Fuck you, clickbait cunts. Your shitting scam is coming to an end

Facebook to suppress clickbait stories - BBC News

It's just a human-compiled blacklist of common phrases. Expect them to think up new phrases more often.

It needs some AI to recognise clickbait, but that would risk annoying too many advertisers.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

It's just a human-compiled blacklist of common phrases. Expect them to think up new phrases more often.

It needs some AI to recognise clickbait, but that would risk annoying too many advertisers.

Imagination is not the strong point of clickbait writers, though.

 

[bi0boy]

Imagination is not the strong point of clickbait writers, though.

I'm sure it appears like that because they are so good at their job. The lack of imagination lies with their target audience.