Timeline for Why does clickbait use numbers?
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| May 24, 2016 at 14:06 | answer | added | Berit Larsen | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 10, 2014 at 11:36 | comment | added | Sebastian Schmitz | The number makes the user feel in control. He knows how much information he will get. The user knows that he can read 15 facts that xxx in less than 5 minutes (his procastination break). | |
| Jun 10, 2014 at 8:10 | history | edited | Jeromy Anglim |
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| Jun 9, 2014 at 20:57 | comment | added | Josh | It's also a way to drive up ad-views, since the list is often spread out over several pages. | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 10:23 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackCogSci/status/475946304665706496 | ||
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| Jun 9, 2014 at 7:50 | history | edited | Nick Stauner |
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| Jun 9, 2014 at 7:48 | comment | added | Nick Stauner | It may also be an appealingly easy format to read. The fact that BuzzFeed/Cracked.com/etc.-style lists are catchy surely isn't lost on the audience either. Arguably it also implies some depth to the topic that one wouldn't (/shouldn't) expect. I sure wouldn't be able to come up with that many sexy Star Wars tattoos off the top of my head...but have you ever noticed how inaccurate those numbers can be, or how often the articles are stuffed with ill-fitting content? I suspect there's some motive to inflate the numbers such as the implication of information richness. | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 7:46 | comment | added | Anthony | @blz Can you suggest a more appropriate tag? I'm really fumbling in the dark here. | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 7:44 | comment | added | Louis Thibault | I'm not sure the cognitive psychology tag is appropriate. I also suspect the numbers have more to do with the fact that the "x things every y should z" format is an easy format to write. In other words, I think the numbers have more to do with content creation more than link-baiting. | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 7:39 | history | asked | Anthony | CC BY-SA 3.0 |