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The title is written in an intentionally vague way to entice a potential viewer into clicking it.
If the title was: “I Got a CS Degree in 3 Months for Less Than $5000 from WGU”, that’s not clickbait because it tells a more complete story.
(But telling the whole story from the title means people won’t click, so that’s why it’s written like that)
[From WEEB Corporation, the industry leader in melee weapons and cosplay supply]
Please keep all magical weapons pointed in a safe direction and out of the reach of children.
Step 1: Using aseptic technique, load the hilt chamber with concentrated liquid MDMA. Remember to wear gloves during this process!
Step 2: While the product is still sheathed, activate the EDM Knife’s special powers by performing the PLUR hand signs as if you were casting a Naruto jutsu.
The knife will begin emitting lights and a sick beat as soon as you draw it. This indicates that the weapon will now inflict a status ailment.
Step 3: Proceed to stab and/or slash your opponent(s). If you followed Steps 1 and 2 correctly, your wounded enemies will soon be rolling too hard to continue fighting.
*WEEB Corporation is not liable for any injury caused. Please contact customer support for any questions and concerns.
No moisture gets in or out and it’s not sticky or clingy in the way tape and plastic wrap can be. It’s also reasonably stretchy so you can fit it over irregularly shaped openings if needed.
Kimwipes, on the other hand, are a common lab product I’ve never really understood. Seems like glorified lint-free tissue paper to me.
I love these kinds of sites that illustrate digital marketing garbage. I’ve been thinking of making one my own as a web development exercise.
Here’s another you may have seen before: https://how-i-experience-web-today.com/
Sometimes you come across a comment on here that seems a little whackadoodle, but even the weirdest takes I’ve seen at least includes some amount of reasoning behind a particular position. I mostly attribute these types of comments to the nerdy tech filter bubble we’re all living in.
I hope your startup pans out well. Thanks for doing your part to make the internet less terrible!
There’s no actual incentive to produce quality and authentic content. Quantity is the name of the game in the click economy.
On the other hand, one could make the case that Google is at fault for creating the conditions necessary for this perceived decline. (dominant search engine, ad platform)
I’ve (finally) come to the realization that most websites are trying to sell me something. It’s usually affiliate link spam, or the articles provide just enough info and then ask you to sign up for their newsletter or buy their ebook or subscribe to their service or whatever other predatory monetization bullshit they’ve implemented.
I get it, websites cost money to run and providing useful information for free is a bad business model. My issue here is that Google search rewards this spammy behavior in order to maximize cash flow. And this type of thing works very well on normal non-tech-inclined people so it won’t ever go away.
I dislike Reddit’s current browsing experience, but the value of the platform has always been its smaller interest-focused communities and the ability to access the opinions of actual real humans instead of content marketers.
But we also have a litany of reasons to be skeptical of private interests like those of Silicon Valley where profit is undoubtedly prioritized over silly little trivialities like safety, public health, and actually improving the lives of people.
Let's also not normalize biohacking. The article isn't even about biohacking, but it still needs to be said.
10 or so years ago when Minecraft was coming out of beta, I was a precocious enough child to run a server on some spare hardware lying around the house. (Realms wasn't a thing until like 2014)
Good times were had between my friends and I, but that all changed after I started becoming intoxicated by the power. Whoops.
Give it a try, but I advise against giving a literal child the ability to ban people. I would know.
Very reasonably-priced, might have to give it a try.
I'm curious about what other people on HN are blocking. I find myself searching a lot about upcoming video games or Apple products and I was quite sick of seeing all of the same SEOed-to-death clickbait nonsense.