Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: Time to Prioritize Wildfire Prevention & Suppressionīelow, we’ve ranked the top three clickbait headline generators from around the web (linked with each name).

This led us to wonder, “Has there ever been anything like this? Something that can work both as a satire and as the object of satire, without being modified at all?” Perhaps the fact that both can coexist in confusion speaks to the crossroads web journalism is at right now….More on that to come. However, some of these sites, like the one by Content Row, are framed as genuine tools to help fellow “journalists” develop web content. And, of course, that’s the point.Īs you might have guessed, many of these clickbait generators are satirical (much like The Onion spin-off Clickhole, which pokes fun at viral content sites like Buzzfeed and Upworthy). First You’ll Be Shocked, Then You’ll Be Inspired” or (and this one would definitely pique my curiosity) “The Faxes About Christians That Sex Addicts Shouldn’t Love.” Steamy faxes? You’ve got me. Simply click a box and in less than a second you’ll see a headline like “This Small Child Was Made to Leave a Supermarket Due to Their Small Fingers. In fact, this process of hack journalism is now so refined that several innovators have been able to automate the process - designing websites that apply formulas to conjure clickbaity headlines completely at random. If you’re aware of so-called clickbait, you’ll know that this oft-debated gimmick isn’t going anywhere.

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