How about instead of choosing from a list of click-bait words, we use whatever words it takes for the title to accurately describe the post?
Did I just invent a new thing? I'll call it "respect-bait". People who click the link will have no choice but to respect the accurate, sensible choice of title.
It's not a great methodology for Hacker News-esque services since there is no central editing authority for submission titles, so comparisons are apples-to-oranges.
That's a nice blog post about a similar topic, thanks for sharing. We did some more analysis on Medium articles and on articles from top tech publishers that we will share soon.
Yes, I agree with what some of you are saying on here. This type of analysis may not apply in all cases. However, if you read the post more closely, you will get a much better picture of each community and will get ideas on how to use this type of analysis for your own blogs or content marketing strategies.
You will be able to learn what the audience cares about, how marketing communities such as GrowthHackers and Inbound differ. And this type of information can help you create even better articles in the future and shed some light on the type of posts that can do well.
How about instead of choosing from a list of click-bait words, we use whatever words it takes for the title to accurately describe the post?
Did I just invent a new thing? I'll call it "respect-bait". People who click the link will have no choice but to respect the accurate, sensible choice of title.