Facebook can’t kill clickbait because listicles and annoying headlines are all its fault
Last week, Facebook announced a new crackdown on clickbait—and you won’t believe what happened next. The social media giant announced that it has tweaked its news feed algorithm to punish headlines that “intentionally leave out crucial information, or mislead people, forcing people to click to find out the answer.” I suppose this is a good thing. I get tricked by clickbait and enter its inevitable shame spiral as often as the next person. Anything that prevents me from worrying about whether I have any of the 12 signs of a magnesium deficiency is gravy in my book.
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