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clickbait is bad (hackertalks.com)

submitted 1 year ago by jet@hackertalks.com to c/todayilearned@chat.maiion.com

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I like the today I learned posting bot. I'm frustrated with the frequency that it employs clickbait titles. Is that something we could fix? I've gone through a long process of removing clickbait from my life, and I'd love to avoid clickbait here if possible.

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[–] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 4 points 1 year ago

I blocked that bot. Couldn’t stand seeing post after post of random articles with no replies, plus I’m doubtful how much the bot itself is actually learning.

[–] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you a bot? It’s both off topic and confusing.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not a bot. I've just noticed a lot of the posts from the Bot in this community while very interesting often end in...

Leaving an incomplete idea, or clickbait. I want to complete the idea I want to click the link. That's clickbait. I apologize for not explaining it well in the post