Are You a Clickbait Genius?
Viral video site Upworthy tried out different ways to present each link, and now you can test your judgement against their real data.
We’ll show you 5 sets of headlines, pick the ones that got the most clicks to impress media tycoon Murdoch M. Maxwell:
Take the challengeThink you understand this newfangled internet content nonsense? Hmm, we’ll see…
50 tests that vary only by headline were selected from the exploratory dataset in the Upworthy Research Archive under a CC BY 4.0 license. Images shown are not those used by Upworthy.
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- Not too bad, I suppose.
- A bit of beginner’s luck.
- Great, kid, don’t get cocky.
- Is that meant to wow me?
- Good, but don’t get full of yourself.
- Should’ve got more clicks and you know it.
- Not quite as smart as you think you are, eh?
- Inadequate clickthrough. What more can I say?
- Those numbers won’t do. Unacceptable.
- Distinctly second-rate judgement.
- The worst one. Well done, round of applause.
- What were you thinking…?
- Appalling! You make me sick.
- You’re wasting my time and yours.
- I can’t even look at you.
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