Sensational titles get traffic. People are completely stupid and fall for catchy titles all the time. "OMG! You will never believe what she did next!" "Click here to download your free diamonds!"
Click bait wastes time and money. They waste your data plans on mobile devices, waste your time loading all sorts of offers and infect your computers with the virus of the day. Falling for them doesn't make you an idiot...because they are designed to trap people. If an offer sounds too good to be true, IT IS!
Yesterday I heard my mother slamming her mouse on her desk, What's wrong? I asked. "My computer won't download these quilt patterns..." I glanced over her shoulder to see that she was on a nefarious site offering free quilt patterns with multiple DOWNLOAD buttons. All the buttons take you to different sites but nowhere to download those free quilting patterns. I understand her frustration but I cannot make her understand that just going to those sites infect her computer even with an anti-virus.
This is the sad state of the internet today. An average user simply cannot navigate the net without landing at a place designed to rip them off. There is definitely a need for a safe way to surf the net without infecting every device used.
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