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They are very bare listicles that say the same thing as every other listicle, on topics that frankly are incredibly boring. If the whole point is to get someone to click on it, then who cares what the article actually says? Leading to my last point…Ĭlickbait reinforces a lack of depth in society.Ĭlickbait articles tend to be severely lacking in depth. This actually explains why the content is normally very thin in clickbait articles. Those are the kind of articles I like to read, but I never seem to be able to find them amid the oceans of clickbait. I like what I write, and I feel like the content of my articles is generally meaningful and enjoyable to read. I write for myself, and if other people like what I write, cool! If not, I don't care (A note to my editor: please don't shoot me). I enjoy having a platform where I can write about my opinions and things that affect me. Personally, that's not what's important to me. And apparently, that's what I want to shoot for. It doesn't matter how much you read, or if you even read anything. If you even clicked this article, I got a view. Unless an issue is sure to cause an emotional response in people, it will not get talked about, and that's partly thanks to clickbait culture.Ĭlickbait's entire purpose is just to generate views. People today are uninformed about a lot of things, especially if they're getting most of their knowledge from social media. The problem comes when people put all their focus on sensational stories instead of things that are equally or even more important, such as the state questions you should have voted on in the midterm elections last week. That's not to say there isn't a place to talk about murders and Donald Trump or even celebrity gossip some of those things are really important, and entertainment isn't bad in and of itself. Think celebrity gossip and drama, murders and wars, half the things Donald Trump says, versus midterm elections, global politics, and other important but rather boring current events. Basically, it's articles that focus on topics that will shock or enrage or amaze people but aren't always necessarily as important as other, less interesting things. Sensationalism is basically just hype: articles that appeal to your emotions rather than your intellect.