CLICKBAIT IS FOR DUMMIES, DON'T BE A DUMMY

Sharing articles due to the picture. 

Stop it.

I'm sure we've all done it. You think, "the headline matches my line of thinking, the 

picture matches the headline, so the article must..." NO. We have to stop being lazy enough 

for the clickbait to work. Let's find the definition of clickbait (Thanks wiktionary!):

"Clickbait is a pejorative term describing web content that is aimed at generating online 

advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on 

sensationalist headlines..."

We get the gist of it, and I'm sure a great deal of us didn't need wikipedia to put it in 

perspective for us. That being said, reminders are needed because the sharing of clickbait 

seems to grow parallel to the user base purporting "hipness to game". Let's think about how 

doing this makes you look among peers. Imagine being known for providing accurate 

information, and having an innate discernment sense that can be trusted by your peers. 

Getting fooled by an attractive picture and interesting tagline will put you in another 

category altogether:

The goofies, the fools, the emotional reactives.

The people who think their long lost nigerian relative has real money to send, all you need is an open checking 

account. 

Have we become too lazy as a species to look beneath the surface, even on 

something so "surface-driven" like social media?