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DaveC426913
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Its easy to look at any social media behavior and facetiously think its developed by idiots, but I wonder if there is a purpose to it that is not so idiotic.
I speak mostly of Facebook baiting - articles that promise all the funniest cartoons, or all the best wardrobe malfunctions or all the best heartwarming feel good stories. In particular - and this is the crux of my question: the teaser in the clickbait ad is almost never included under the click. Statistically, it happens too often to be just randomly picked stuff.
Whether human or program is not th e point -Why would they design an algorithm that makes sure the teaser is not in the body of the story?
For those unfamiliar with the phenom, ill try to post some examples. (No mean feat - Facebook doesn't like direct links to content. )
I speak mostly of Facebook baiting - articles that promise all the funniest cartoons, or all the best wardrobe malfunctions or all the best heartwarming feel good stories. In particular - and this is the crux of my question: the teaser in the clickbait ad is almost never included under the click. Statistically, it happens too often to be just randomly picked stuff.
Whether human or program is not th e point -Why would they design an algorithm that makes sure the teaser is not in the body of the story?
For those unfamiliar with the phenom, ill try to post some examples. (No mean feat - Facebook doesn't like direct links to content. )