Some thoughts on clickbait
Do you ever log on the Internet and think:
Wow, there's a lot of crap in here?
You're not alone.
Millions of salesmen are competing for your time -- and there are many tricks to the clicks.
First there's ad fraud,
studies show ad fraud is a growing problem. AdWeek recently tabulated the cost at $6+ billion. That's criminal literally. Then there are the lesser but similarly vexing problems, such as the explosion of social click-bait media designed to lure you into the latest story on the "Top Ten Most Beautiful Olympians who Have Married Other Beautiful Olympians."
Clickbait and ad fraud -- it's become a way of life, wasting your time on the Internet. It's no wonder the bottom has dropped out of click-through rates and CPM pricing on ads. In media, competition for your time has become more intense than ever -- because it's a house of illusions.
When's the last time you clicked on an ad?
It's as if the Internet has become an unregulated stock-market bucket-shop.
Everybody's selling something to somebody and promising millions in return.
Clickbait is part of the same trend: fakery, and distraction. It's diluting the quality of media.
The Internet seems to have become this continuous stream of headlines trying desperately to get you to click on them.
How many youtube videos have you clicked on and realised in the end of the video that you just watched something completely different video.
All the big "stars" are using clickbait these days.
And here we are on steemit asking for clicks to earn something back.
Just something i wanted to talk about.