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[ SOCIAL MEDIA ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]
A link deliberately worded or framed to be irresistible to click, regardless of whether what's behind it actually delivers on the implied promise.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"That's textbook link bait phrasing, designed purely to get the click."
LORE & ORIGIN
A web-publishing term for the specific practice of engineering a link's phrasing to maximize click-through, distinct from clickbait's focus on headlines specifically.
FIRST SEEN
2005
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Not established
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
TREND STATUS
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EDITORIAL ESTIMATE
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DOCUMENTED SINCE
2005
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