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RE: Steem School Episode 39 - Steemit Distractions You Need to Get Rid Of
Another set of distraction is interesting post titles. We end up opening multiple tabs of different interesting titles and end up wasting time reading them. Most of them don't provide value more than you know anyway.
Hi wandereronwheels (when I read this I think of Odin on a bike).
Clickbaiting is the art of writing seductive titles or creating seductive thumbnails.
Nobody likes being seduced but that is what these titles and thumbnails do.
You need willpower and smarts to not get seduced by clickbaits.
What's odin on a bike?
Some of the articles contain a wealth of information so, sometimes it's worth the read. Gotta learn to recognize at first glance if a post is worth our time or not.
Odin is the gods of the Germanic and Norse people. He has many names, one of them is "wanderer".
Episode 25 is about identifying an upvote worthy post: https://steemit.com/steemiteducation/@valorforfreedom/ir3d9n70
In most cases you know within 20-30 seconds of reading if you've been a victim of clickbait. After that it's up to you to have the willpower to just close that tab and not read the rest of the article that will only be wasting your time anyway.