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The 11th Anniversary of "Clickbait"

December 1st, 2017 9:10 AM

11 years ago today, corporate systems adviser Jay Geiger posted the earliest known use of this slang term which refers to online media packaged with headlines and thumbnails designed to manipulate the viewer into smashing that click button.


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The 11th Anniversary of "Clickbait"


11 years ago today, corporate systems adviser Jay Geiger posted the earliest known use of this slang term which refers to online media packaged with headlines and thumbnails designed to manipulate the viewer into smashing that click button.

December 1st, 2017 9:10 AM

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The 11th Anniversary of "Pink Shirt Guy"


11 years ago today, the earliest known appearance of this bizarre photograph of a man wearing a pink polo shirt next to several people wearing hazmat suits was posted on the Democratic Undergrounds forums, leading many to speculate about what could possibly have been the context.

November 28th, 2017 9:19 AM

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