I tend to simplify the titles of articles I'm submitting. I had a beauty video I submitted in which I used the intro and title, but I cut out the brand names, unnecessary info, etc. to try to give enough info to allow people to decide whether they wanted to spend time on the snap or not. On the makeup/beauty side of things, titles and intros can really seem like those animated ads proclaiming stuff about that one trick doctors hate.
I also find that "clickbait" is an awful lot like pornography: I can't define it but I know it when I see it. It's a subjective description that's going to vary from person to person. So I usually take the path of least resistance and go with the title from the article.
I thought we weren't supposed to editorialize titles. So if an article I like has a title you object to, how am I supposed to reconcile the problem?
I tend to simplify the titles of articles I'm submitting. I had a beauty video I submitted in which I used the intro and title, but I cut out the brand names, unnecessary info, etc. to try to give enough info to allow people to decide whether they wanted to spend time on the snap or not. On the makeup/beauty side of things, titles and intros can really seem like those animated ads proclaiming stuff about that one trick doctors hate.
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