Headlines that suck
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- set0
10 Headlines that suck
- hamonospaced
- thanks set - need moar infinite loopmaikel
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- applause !maikel
- animatedgif0
"Introducing LinkedIn Today – discover what the world's professionals are reading and sharing"
Since when did LinkedIn decide to compete with Twitter and Tumblr?
This is a fucking death knell if anything.
- maikel0
I said linkedin is not a great example but I've seen the tendency spreading all over.
I mean, I understand the difference between a shitty content aggregator and a good magazine (and like The Sun have existed ever) - but it worries me how low our current standards are.
- animatedgif0
Pay per post blogs and page views are to blame.
A top 10 is easy to write and can be split into 10 pages. Any online publication worth its weight will not post crap like this.
- i_monk0
Journalism in general is in decline, and list "articles" are just one symptom.
- vaxorcist0
my favorite headline of all time....
"Romney Squeezes out Santorum to win the Iowa Primary"
- jaylarson0
numbers in headlines is a trick to get people to view them since they seem more manageable when they are specified
- maikel0
^ I know, but it is using a mkt tool in editorial writing. Abusing the resource makes everything to sound like a bloody advert.
Also, to me it sounds like text for year old kids. If somebody finds out it is more memorable, we will soon have titles like "pete the politician and the 5 tips to enlarge your buttplug"
- vivid0
- No, that headlines wins!dopepope
- Why is it a SEX dwarf?dopepope
- he was a 'Gordon Ramsay' look alike (but a midget) who did porn apparently (not seen any tho...not my thing!)vivid
- damn you beat me to it.. headline of the decade.autoflavour