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2. What it is is "clickbait"

Reply to retrowire (Original post)

Thu Aug 6, 2015, 02:32 PM

Aug 2015

That's the political equivalent of "these 18 celebrities got really fat!" or whatever.

It's a way to get you interested enough to click and possibly donate.

That said, ActBlue is a good outfit, so if you're intrigued, they're definitely going to do good things with your money.

(Just to be clear, "clickbait" is just describing the advertisement strategy; not saying it's a bad thing. I donate to ActBlue. You should too.)

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I really dont like secrets in politics... [View all] retrowire Aug 2015 OP

Sounds like new software. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #1

ActBlue has been pretty pro-active and ahead of the curve in the past Recursion Aug 2015 #3

What it is is "clickbait" Recursion Aug 2015 #2

well retrowire Aug 2015 #4

I'm pretty sure the surprise will be... Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2015 #5