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clickbaitness

clickbaitness noun: the quality of being clickbaity or being clickbait.

Noun

clickbaitness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The quality of being clickbaity or being clickbait.
    • A canny marketer, García Martínez wrote, could "goose" purchasing power if Facebook's estimation of its "clickbaitness" was high. The Trump campaign's superior grip on this dynamic allowed it to buy choice ad space at bargain prices, while the reverse was true for Clinton.2018 November 26, Matt Taibbi, “Who Will Fix Facebook?”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2023
    Synonyms:
    clickbaitiness

Synonyms of clickbaitness

Origin of clickbaitness

From clickbait + -ness.

Questions about clickbaitness

What does clickbaitness mean?
Clickbaitness means the quality of being clickbaity or being clickbait.
What part of speech is clickbaitness?
Clickbaitness is a noun.

Words near clickbaitness in the dictionary

  1. clickbaiters
  2. clickbaitier
  3. clickbaitiest
  4. clickbaitiness
  5. clickbaiting
  6. clickbaitness
  7. clickbaits
  8. clickbaity
  9. clickbaityness
  10. clickbeetle
  11. clickbeetles

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