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Signs of a dishonest headline include giving undue weight to trivial topics, or appealing to readers' emotions or needs (fear, outrage, pity, lust, laziness) instead of offering serious information. In severe cases, it may be a {{w|bait-and-switch}}, claiming to offer something it isn't. By failing to give a useful summary of the story, whilst attempting to force the reader to click on every story on the off-chance that it's interesting, they amount to an intentionally deceptive form of spam. | Signs of a dishonest headline include giving undue weight to trivial topics, or appealing to readers' emotions or needs (fear, outrage, pity, lust, laziness) instead of offering serious information. In severe cases, it may be a {{w|bait-and-switch}}, claiming to offer something it isn't. By failing to give a useful summary of the story, whilst attempting to force the reader to click on every story on the off-chance that it's interesting, they amount to an intentionally deceptive form of spam. | ||
โ | [[ | + | This topic is re-used in [[1307: Buzzfeed Christmas]]. |
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+ | Randall parodies the formula in this comic with such trivializing headlines for important historical events: | ||
*1905 - How a shocking new theory, discovered by a dad, proves scientists are wrong about ''everything!'' | *1905 - How a shocking new theory, discovered by a dad, proves scientists are wrong about ''everything!'' | ||
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:[NSFW] is "Not Safe for Work" - a tag to identify explicit images. Here it is used to trick readers hoping to find pornography. | :[NSFW] is "Not Safe for Work" - a tag to identify explicit images. Here it is used to trick readers hoping to find pornography. | ||
:[PICS] tells the potential viewer that there are images embedded. | :[PICS] tells the potential viewer that there are images embedded. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== |