f you've spent longer than five seconds on Facebook in the past year you'll probably be aware of feel good viral content siteUpworthy's sticky headlines.
They usually centre around the overblown reaction the story will supposedly have on you – all 'restore your faith in humanity' and 'stay with you every minute of the day' – or else harness the curiosity gap, providing next to no information in the headline so you have to click through to find the unbelievable, mind-altering, self-defenestration-worthy story.
Well now there's a way to combat them, with a Chrome plug-increated by Alison Gianotto replacing headlines' hyperbolic devices with something a little more accurate – and it works surprisingly well.
No comments:
Post a Comment