How to Get Smarter, Be More Productive, and Do Everything with Zero Effort

Re:How to Get Smarter, Be More Productive, and Do Everything... by Spongeroberto on Sunday March 09, 2014 @03:17PM (#7369543)

Only reason I clicked this link is because the title was so ridiculous I expected satire. I don't even bother clicking links like "X ways to..." or "Y reasons to" or "Z people who". These are pretty much always useless articles that have next to no content, but still find a way to spread that little content over multiple pages to maximize the number of intrusive ads they can give you.

I wish people would stop trying to be sneaky and start using sensible titles to articles. But traffic is everything, so they won't. Even good articles hide the main topic in their titles now. It's sad.

I keep imagining a newspaper in 1914 stating "The nation that violated Belgium's neutrality - find out who inside"

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Re:How to Get Smarter, Be More Productive, and Do Everything... by Jugurtha on Sunday March 09, 2014 @06:08PM (#7370196)

_I don't even bother clicking links like "X ways to..." or "Y reasons to" or "Z people who"_

Have you seen the other blog posts ?

- Contagious: 6 Reasons Things Catch On - 5 Short Reads to Expand Your Mind

The article is so ridiculous that you know the guy did it on purpose.

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Re:How to Get Smarter, Be More Productive, and Do Everything... by mikeash on Sunday March 09, 2014 @03:41PM (#7369655)

My favorite version of this:

RUSSIAN TANKS STEAMROLLING THROUGH NEW JERSEY - Details at 11

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