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notice how the original article title, and both your titles, used the name of the city. Now notice that the editorialized title omitted the city name. If you want to know what city, you have to click into the article. Thats the definition of clickbait.

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I guess we just disagree on the definition of clickbait. I understand your definition and I see the logic, but with your definition I would say you can't claim clickbait is inherently "bad". If you use my definition, I think you can. shrug Good luck out there. :)

Did you even read the article? This is 100% clickbait, the article has NOTHING to do with the clickbait title, it's all about how they conserve water.

This title is a perfect example of clickbait: Make you click on something, then talk about something else.

They are talking about how Tucson is dealing with the worst drought in 1200 years, aren't they? What am I missing?

EDIT: someone updated the title, it used to read "The worst drought in 1200 years" - so this whole tangent about clickbait is even more pointless than it was when it started, sorry everyone!

> is dealing with the worst drought in 1200 years, aren't they?

No, that's not what they are talking about. That's mentioned in a single line as a throwaway.

> What am I missing?

They are talking about water conservation that's been ongoing for years, and is not related to any drought.

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