websites that try to get you to click thru lists to generate ad revenue for them

[Rubin Farr]

this has become really annoying lately, are there that many dumbass web surfers out there who really think a website can only hold one picture of a celebirty at a time? they started out as shit like "top tens" or "top five", now I see lists from 20-30 pages! hello, you just wasted your time, AND generated ad revenue for a website that is probly owned by some asshole up the chain. worst trend of 2014

[roasty]

Would be cool if AdBlock knew how to consolidate those into one page

[peace 7]

Doodz and doodettez, sorry to say-- but I've been far in the future, and lemme tell you, eventually websites are only adds, and "content" is served on a word basis. So you have to keep clicking NEXT several thousand times to read a paragraph. Well, it's not really "click" of a mouse in 2032, but you get the idea. There is no such thing as real content, anymore. The ads ARE MOST OF THE CONTENT.

 

This sounds ridiculous, but if you've noticed, you'll see it's already around. Japan has WHOLE SHOWS that are actually commercials in variety program in disguise. It's fucking hilarious.

 

In some sort of irony, XLT actually outlives WATMM, because WATMM requires care and upkeep. That is something to think about, right there.

[VIII]

This One Weird Trick Removes Click Bait Forever

Also of note:

 

[Goiter Sanchez]

YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!

[mcbpete]

5 web annoyances you didn't even know bothered you

[MisterE]

i blame cracked for maybe like 40% of this, buzzfeed for maybe 30%, and us for clicking on it at 30%

[roasty]

i blame obama 100%

[MisterE]

you are obama

[Guest]

i use old boss's email details etc to go through these, more so on the 'WIN A IPOD' ones etc

[Guest Gary C]

i use old boss's email details etc to go through these, more so on the 'WIN A IPOD' ones etc

That's genius. I'm absolutely doing that from now on.

[Candiru]

Omg it's a list of 25 ways to waste time on the internet.

 

Did you know that these 13 foods can kill your dog?

[Guest fiznuthian]

25 reasons that Richard D. James could actually be your dad.

[patternoverlap]

It's a really good way to make money

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[sidewinder]

Yeah those top 10+ lists spread out on 10+ pages are super fucking annoying. I noticed on one recently if you view the mobile version sometimes it's consolidated on one long page. It's worth trying to replace the www. with m. and seeing if it works.

[Hugh Mughnus]

youtube

[sheatheman]

37 reasons we just can't do it anymore.

[auxien]

 

This sounds ridiculous, but if you've noticed, you'll see it's already around. Japan has WHOLE SHOWS that are actually commercials in variety program in disguise. It's fucking hilarious.

 

[KovalainenFanBoy]

Just ban guns already you lunatics

[peace 7]

Ban hands.

[sheatheman]

Moms are already doing this and their husbands couldn't be happier!

[eugene]

it'll die down a bit simply because I think people are getting tired of it.

10 simple tricks to make your clickbait work despite the general disillusionment with the trend.

[auxien]

1 Neat Trick that will Trick the Clickbait Sites EVERY TIME!

 

No really, many articles have a 'Print' link on them somewhere. It basically reformats the entirety of the text/relevant pictures into an easy-to-print (therefore easy-to-read) page. If you can find the print button, you can forego clicking 'Next' 9 times. Also, most (all?) modern browsers have a "Reading View" function that usually pulls up something similar to what I just described.

The more you know.

[chenGOD]

http://downworthy.snipe.net/

[sheatheman]

This one simple trick won't actually make you change your homepage from huffington post.