PSA

[lagilman]

In light of the recent spate of "clickbait" - obnoxious or infuriating articles that seem to exist only to drive outrage traffic to a site, I remind you of http://www.donotlink.com/ - how to share something with people WITHOUT giving them the benefit of clicks.

(if you like a site, by all means, link them directly. But for something hateful, or intentionally provoking? Here's how to share without allowing them to profit from it, or feel "popular.")

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Now that is useful: thank you.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Yes, very. I've refrained from clicking on things as I didn't want to give people the traffic.