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        Clickbait. It's something we see on social media and different websites all the time. We don't think much of them, and just look past them. When you see the article titles to get you to click on them, they end up just being boring articles that have nothing to do with the actual topic. So why are they still a thing, and what do they actually do? Well, for clickbait to be a thing, or anything to still be around, people have to use it, or in this case, click on it. Clickbait is used to draw you to a certain page. They want to appeal to your need to satisfy curiosity, making you have the desire to go on that website/page. Another thing I’ve heard about clickbait is that it can potentially give your computer viruses or make your devise slower. This is why I don’t go on clickbait, otherwise I would use it as another way to procrastinate. 
        Companies like the New York Times have slots for other companies to pay them and get an advertisement or clickbait ad. These big companies know what people are putting on their websites and are fine with it, all they want is the money, they don't care about the content. We have learned to filter out these kinds of things. We may see them, but normally just ignore them so, to entice people to actually see the article, people use clickbait. They come up with these outrageous titles to get you to notice them. It's all one big competition.