This is not the first time I have complained about the
"hookiness" of the web these days. The first time I
noticed it was on Twitter where I followed some good
people and some A-holes, and I started recognizing that
the A-holes would always tweet "hooky" content like,
"Wait'll you get a load
of this... (link)" or more
tastefully,
as evidenced in the apparent only way to make money on
the internets anymore, a webpage with a good story but
that is also full of hooky ads that all say, " 9 Superstars
Who Got Their Start in Horror Films, 15 celebrites who
believe in bigfoot, 9 Reasons Why Olivia Wilde Is the
Best,
10 Places in Portland You Won’t Believe Exist." And I
want to know it ALL.
And then you click through to your favorite one, and it is
always an economic choice because, regardless of the
fact
that you are pretty certain you WONT have to actually
buy
anything or download some malware, you are pretty
certain
that you WILL have a minimal chance of ever getting
back
to this page to make the other choices among the lists
that you want to see, because by then the browser will
have blown up or frozen or your ADD will have taken over
or your choices will be burried under multiple apps and
webpages, never to be seen again.
So someone has got to come along with an aggregator
aggregator, that hacks through the hooky quality of
these
click-thru farms and just gives you the freaking lists up
front in as short bullet points as possible. It could even
be
a click-through itself, like:
"Tired of clicking thru to all of these bullshit lists? Want
to
see all of the popular lists given away on one page for
free
in short bullet points? Just click here. Wait'll you get a
load of this...."
Well why not. Let me start right here:
9 Superstars Who Got Their Start in Horror Films
Kevin Bacon - Friday the 13th
George Clooney - Return to Horror High
Tom Hanks - He Knows You’re Alone
Charlize Theron - Children of the Corn III
Johnny Depp - Nightmare on Elm Street
Demi Moore - Parasite
Jamie Lee Curtis - Halloween
Leonardo DiCaprio - Critters 3
Jennifer Aniston - Leprechaun