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Clickbait (also known as link bait or linkbait) [2] is a text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow ("click") that link and view, read, stream or listen to the linked piece of online content, being typically deceptive, sensationalized, or otherwise misleading.
The online thumbnail grid ads promoted by Taboola and other similar companies like Outbrain have been referred to also as chumbox ads. [38]Taboola is infamous for being one of the most common chum box/clickbait ad providers seen on news websites like CNN.
A chumbox is a form of advertising associated with outlandish clickbait headlines and low-quality links. [2] Publishers often include chumboxes on news websites because the companies behind them provide a very reliable source of revenue. [3] They often have the label "Around the Web" on top of them. [4] John Mahoney popularized the term in 2015.
The channel has drawn criticism for its unusual and potentially dangerous life hacks and its reliance on clickbait. [3] [22] [23] [24] Vox characterized 5-Minute Crafts as "bizarre", describing its content as "do-it-yourself-how-to's that no person could or should ever replicate", and criticizing the channel's heavy use of clickbait thumbnails. [3]
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Elsagate thumbnails often feature familiar children's characters doing inappropriate or disturbing things, shown directly or suggested. Examples include injections, mutilation, childbirth, urination, fellatio, and chemical burning.
Clickbait: The deliberate use of misleading headlines and thumbnails to increase online traffic for profit or popularity Conspiracy theories: Rebuttals of official accounts that propose alternative explanations in which individuals or groups act in secret Culture wars
Clickbait: The deliberate use of misleading headlines and thumbnails to increase online traffic for profit or popularity Propaganda: Organized mass communication, on a hidden agenda, and with a mission to conform belief and action by circumventing individual reasoning Culture wars