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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  3308 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: January 6, 2016

Maybe we can have a thread where we all compete to find the most ridiculous "clickbatiest" collection of images/links.

I guess this would be my submission - WARNING: NSFW





wasoxygen  ·  3307 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Your entry is powerful, but I am always amazed at how awful the bait is and at the same time how forcefully compelling it is. Obviously the result of optimizing for what works; it's a superstimulus.

am_Unition  ·  3305 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I wonder if exploiting our primal responses as a business strategy will ever die off? Perhaps not until some sort of bio-tech integration.

wasoxygen  ·  3305 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Competition for scarce resources fine-tuned our primal responses; we are products of optimization mechanisms.

Competition for scarce moola optimized Taboola's fine-tuned mechanisms to prime response; the taboo moves product.