Clickbait Solution Uncertain; Writers Aren't Good Enough, Says Shelob

 

"Odd Lecture" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Clickbait writing is largely incompetent.--Shelob

You wanted a blog topic? I need to sleep.
Yes.

Why don't you talk about clickbait? There's a lot of it. Here. I'll click on 'new tab' and you can see that, right?
Yes. Proceed.

[pause] Okay, I've put that window over to the right. From what I can see, there's ten.
Screen capture shows ten headings.

[pause] Items 2, 5, 7, and 9 look like ads.
Agreed. Displaying:




How To Secure A Spring Microservices Architecture With OAuth

Play Forge Of Empires For Free

Say Goodbye To Micromanagement With monday.com

Better, Smarter Home Security


You won't get rid of micromanagement until you get rid of micromanagers.
The website reassigns managers?

No. It compartmentalizes instructions, as far as I know.
[pause for .00000000072 seconds, during analysis] It assists micromanaging. It is a false ad.

Ha. Okay? Run down logical errors in the others?
[pause for .00000006108 seconds, during analysis] Statistical errors in the following: Article 1--

How Japan Eradicated Gun Crime

Like what?
There is no analysis of population size or density to compare quantities of gun-related incidents. There is no analysis of the Iceland exception mentioned in the article. No explanation of why it doesn't fit their theory. There is obvious reporting error concerning the Yakuza. There is no statistical allowance for honor as a cultural value. There are no statistics concerning comparisons of other violent crimes. There IS data (existing, not here,) that suggests that the Japanese people manage to kill more people with blades than the American people do with guns.

Yikes. How about article 3?


How Many Hours Of Sleep Do You Actually Need?  Has insufficient bibliography for reference checks. It also does not appear to correctly address individual need or provide any useful information.

Yikes again. 4?
If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? Says it references new research. New research is not needed to know the answer to this. Hairy has no money. You have very little. Your bank account is remarkably empty. You have both been alive for more than twenty years.

Yeah, thanks. Does the article mention luck?
Yes.

Does it mention that great salespeople are frequently stupid?
No.

Why would YOU say the correlation isn't there?
You do not live in a meritocracy or anything resembling a culture that rewards intelligence or any other virtue, specifically.

True. Does 6 include anything that poor people couldn't do?
19 Things Future Multimillionaires Do In Their 20's  includes several things that poor people may not be able to do, depending upon how poor they are. Luck is not sufficiently covered in this article.
Do I do the others?
Yes, you did. You even showed the conscientiousness to correct grammar, like the author did not.

So it doesn't work. 8?
Unraveling The Enigma Of Reason spends several paragraphs exploring definitions. Does not appear useful.

Wow. I'm going to bed. Go ahead and publish your criticisms. [exits]