How to avoid clickbait.

- Yeah, down with clickbait.

Can't wait to avoid me some clickbait.

Yucky icky clickbait, clickbait.

- Orange do you even know what clickbait is?

- (laughing) Of course I do,

but maybe you should explain it for the audience.

- Sure thing.

Clickbait is web content that uses cheap tricks

to get you to click on it.

- Oh, I understand now. thank you for explain...

Oh my gosh, Five Reasons why today's video

will end in a TNT explosion.

I won't believe number three?

Oh mama, I gotta click on this baby stat.

- Orange stop. That's clickbait.

- It is?

- Yes

- You mean this video isn't gonna blow up?

- Correct.

- I can't believe the lied to me like that.

- That's what clickbait does dude.

But the good news is,

we can use this as an example to learn from.

- Teach me Pear.

I wanna know how to identify clickbait

so this never ever happens again.

- All right, step one for avoiding clickbait,

Consider the source.

See the name of the website that published that clickbait?

- Www.bickclait.com, what's so wrong with that?

Sounds like a journalistic outlet with integrity to me

- Rearrange the letters in blickclait dude.

What does it spell?

- TNT explosion?

- What? No, dude. It's clickbait.

- Ah yeah, I probably should have guessed that.

- But it's not always gonna be that obvious either.

Every time you find yourself about to click

on something that feels too sensationalist to be true,

ask yourself, Do I know and trust this publisher?

- Got it. So I won't click on this article

Instead, I'll click on this related article,

entitled, 27 ways to stop TNT from exploding.

You won't believe dot dot dot...

- Orange. No.

- But they couldn't fit the whole title on there.

What does the dot dot dot mean Pear?

What won't I believe?

It could be anything.

- Dude. This is a classic Example for step number two.

Do not click on related articles either.

If a site presents you with clickbait,

it probably means they're not doing a good job

of curating quality content across the board.

- Pear, my brain hears and agrees

with everything you're saying.

- I'm glad to hear it.

- But my body's telling me yes.

- Orange, NO

- Yes

- No

- Yes

- That's it, time for step three.

Have some self control.

- I can't help it.

I gotta know what comes after the dot dot dot Pear.

There might even be a fourth dot.

- If you can't stop yourself from clicking on clickbait

then you'll need outside help.

- (fake crying) Yes, help me Pear.

- Very well.

- Wow, this silence is really nice.

Should have done that along time ago.

Well now that we've successfully avoided that clickbait

now it's time for me to relax.

Dude I know you wanna click on it, but...

- [ Mumbling] Pear, you fool,

we need a way to stop that TNT from exploding.

- What, whoa, oh my gosh, you're right.

- The listicle, it's our only hope.

- Okay here, what does it say Orange?

Is it giving you 27 ways to solve this crisis?

Heck, I'll just take one.

- Hmmm, okay, I have good news and bad news.

Bad news, it's clickbait and doesn't actually

give us any way to stop the TNT from exploding.

- Okay, Okay, what's the good news?

- The good news is that if you ever want a hair transplant,

we're totally covered.

[Loud Explosion]

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