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Social media users probably won’t read beyond this headline, researchers say (www.psu.edu)

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A new study of 35 million news links circulated on Facebook reports that more than 75% of the time they were shared without the link being clicked upon and read

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe they are just aware of clickbait bullshit? Make headlines deliver on the payload of the article.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 day ago

Users hate these media tricks to get attention. Number six will shock you!