- Hey everyone, today Orange and I are showing you
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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