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# "Bullshit curation" is bullshit
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2016/09/bullshit-curation-bullshit/
- Published: 2016-09-03T07:39:40.000Z
- Updated: 2016-09-03T07:39:40.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: audience engagement, clickbait, digital journalism, headlines, jackass

Someone [has a cynicism problem](https://medium.com/@aaronloeb/you-wont-believe-what-hillary-ordered-the-dnc-to-do-to-bernie-s-brother-a344eb5bad1b?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#.4sjg9snuz):

> The art of good headline writing and image selection in order to get someone to click and go to a website is usually called “clickbaiting,” but I think we should call it “bullshit curation.”

Oh, because clearly there’s no way you could use the same techniques to get people to read *good* journalism is there?

Idiotic comment.

\[via [the IFJ Weekly Roundup](https://medium.com/ijf-weekly-roundup/bullshit-curation-7d2fdda7aa70?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#.1769jf35a) – which is worth a follow or a subscribe\]