Clickbait Headline Criticism
Users repeatedly criticize a Hacker News article's title as clickbait, debating its sensationalism and misleading nature while some question or defend the label.
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Sample Comments
It sounds like you're asking for a clickbait title.
Well that's a click bait title
It's clickbait, pure and simple
It's clickbait, nothing more.
Talk about a clickbait headline ;-)
What's clickbait about this?
Yeah, it's clearly been titled for clickbait purposes. :(
yep seems like click bait to me.
It's a clickbait headline.
That's a clickbait headline.