Clickbait...

Ah, clickbait.

The spam of the Internet. The shiny, sparkly, million dollar promise that is, for the most part, nothing other than a hoax to get your personal  information. Readers beware: It will almost always sound super enticing. Clickbait comes in the form of clickable (duh) links that make glamorous, nearly irresistible offers, such as the “Best Way to Lose Bellyfat-Forever!”. They will deceive you by sucking you in, making you feel as though there might actually  hope to lose the beer belly you’ve been sporting less than proudly since freshman year-until you click on it, and are directed to a website asking for your credit card information. Boo. 

 You will usually find click bait on popular, frequently visited websites. A great example of this would be Facebook. Nearly everyone I know uses Facebook. I love Facebook, so much so that I’m actually on it right now. There’s click bait boldly staring me in the face, promising me an opportunity to try out this gambling website for free. Free? Really? Nothing is free… 

Just a word of advice-if something sounds way to good to be true…it probably is. Your best bet is to a pessimist and don’t believe in anything. Well, not really. That sounds so negative. Just try not to be so gullible. I know it’s hard. In the world we live in, we want to believe in something great. But clickbait is not your friend! Do not trust it!

Advertisers create clickbait because they want you to click…no, they need you to click…literally, it’s how they make their money. Just from a bunch of people like you and me who really want to lose weight and gamble for free.  But we can’t and we won’t, because advertisers won’t let us. Sigh. Clickbait is mean and unfair. It attempts to exploit people like you and me every day.

I say that we all start a massive chain and stop clicking on clickbait! Maybe then they’ll have to stop making it.

…Yeah, I know. It will never happen. Until then, we must do our very best to be stay above the influence of click bait. Seriously, just say no.