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fromTechRepublic
7 hours ago

X Cuts Clickbait Payouts and Exposes a Creator Program Problem - TechRepublic

X is reducing payouts for clickbait content, penalizing creators while maintaining the problematic structure that incentivizes such behavior.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Elon Musk's X cuts payments to users who post clickbait

Nikita Bier stated that aggregators had their payouts reduced by 60% and that total will be reduced by a further 20%. He emphasized that flooding the timeline with 100 stolen reposts and clickbait every day crowded out real creators and hurt new author growth.
Social media marketing
fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

X says it's reducing payments to clickbait accounts | TechCrunch

Bier stated, 'It became abundantly clear: flooding the timeline with 100 stolen reposts and clickbait everyday crowded-out real creators and hurt new author growth.' He emphasized that X will not compensate for manipulation of the program or its users.
Social media marketing
Marketing
fromExchangewire
1 week ago

Native Advertising, Recommendation Widgets, and the Toenail Fungus Problem

Toenail fungus symbolizes the failure of ad tech, highlighting the issue of bad ads overshadowing quality content.
Digital life
fromPractical Ecommerce
2 months ago

Updated Google Discover Guidelines, Explained

Google Discover now emphasizes avoiding clickbait and improving page experience, using Core Update signals and Chrome-collected metrics to prioritize high-traffic content quality.
Social media marketing
fromKotaku
2 months ago

BabyTuber Thumbnails Are The Best - Kotaku

BabyTuber thumbnails parody YouTube clickbait by using infant expressions and absurd captions as a playful, lighthearted antidote to algorithm-driven sensationalism.
Social media marketing
fromBuzzFeed
5 months ago

31 Moms Who Put Some Seriously Unhinged Stuff Online For All To See

BuzzFeed published simultaneous dark and wholesome mom posts to measure reader preference via clicks and encourages sharing to promote the preferred tone.
#accessory-images
Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Benjamin Sesko is latest player damned by a pitiless conveyor belt of takes and memes | Jonathan Liew

Social-media football coverage prioritizes engagement over context, using manipulated images, selective stats, and inflammatory headlines to provoke outrage and simplify complex player comparisons.
fromConsequence
6 months ago

Pope Leo XIV Condemns Real Sin of Our Time, "Clickbait"

Free access to information is a pillar that upholds the edifice of our societies, and for this reason, we are called to defend and guarantee it,
World news
Media industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

You won't believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Clickbait degrades journalism; journalism requires transparency, accountability and protection; AI must be governed to prevent concentration and preserve human roles in information.
Television
fromVulture
8 months ago

Not Clickbait: The Office Spinoff Is Here

Upcoming sitcom about the state of journalism in America featuring the Toledo Truth Teller newspaper.
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