You won't believe the six insane ways clickbait ruined people's lives

[NuclearDem]

[ChisolmTrailDem]

1. Well, you're right. Not much there to believe. nt

[Codeine]

2. Ha!!

Well played.

[Tree-Hugger]

3. I knew it was clickbait

and I clicked anyway.

[apnu]

4. Well done, K&R for you (nt)

[dae]

9. +1

[hunter]

5. This post is meaningless without photos.

[petronius]

10. Yep. Where's the links to "The 25 Hottest Women of Instagram!" or

"15 Celebrities that have Ruined Themselves with Plastic Surgery!" or "Child Stars that Grew Up Really Ugly"?



Clickbait standards sure have tumbled...

[SidDithers]

6. I don't really mind listicles...

cracked.com uses the format, and generally has good content.

But they limit themselves to 2 (max 3) pages for their lists, depending on the length.

The click-next-page-for-every-new-point format drives me insane.



Sid

[smirkymonkey]

28. I love cracked!

I spend a lot of time on that site, especially after I get depressed reading about what is going on in the world here at DU. Sometimes I just need a laugh.

Those click next page slide shows where it only shows half the photo and you have to scroll down to read the text drive me completely bonkers! They are so slow and annoying! Why? Why?

[Comrade Grumpy]

7. Perfect clickbait headline. Thank you!

[annabanana]

8. giggle . . . . . n/t

[SwissTony]

11. Sucked me in. LOL n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

13. Click here for the weird trick for avoiding clickbait

DON'T CLICK ON IT! Weird, huh?

[Binkie The Clown]

14. Damn! You got me! (I thought I was smarter than that)

[IDemo]

15. 12 Things You Need to Know About Clickbait...

[Nye Bevan]

16. (#4 is almost TOO crazy....) (nt)

[lumberjack_jeff]

17. Heh. +1 n/t

[Oneironaut]

18. Hahaha. 100 internet cookies for you.

[Rex]

19. Okay you got us!

[fishwax]

20. .

[Warren DeMontague]

21. Locking

meta

[Dr. Strange]

22. This message was hidden by jury decision.

[div class="alert-box hidden"]A Jury voted 2511-3 to hide this stupid post on Tue Sep 22, 2015. Reason: This post is teh bullshit.

[Skittles]

25. STOP IT DR. STRANGE

[Flying Squirrel]

23. What are they?

[Starry Messenger]

24. A man, a DU post, and one night in this Italian-ish restaurant.

What he didn't know about their breadsticks would change his life forever. #OliveGarden

[Scootaloo]

26. Oh goddammit n/t

[Live and Learn]

27. Did I stumble in to the lounge? LOL, you got me. nt