Who Are Hive Creators With The Best Clickbait Titles?
I saw a post from a frequent Hive user, and three of his previous posts in less than a week have been like this: titles with clickbait, which I like. It may appear strange, but being a content consumer requires attraction or motivation to consume, and the majority of the time, this motivation comes from the creator themselves.
An uninspiring creator gives you fewer reasons to engage with their content.
Some people believe that consumers must do all of the work, but in reality, creators must provide multiple reasons why their content deserves organic engagement, which can begin with the choice of titles and extend to elements such as images. Now, I am not saying clickbait is perfect; I am just saying it can be used to spice up content.
This does not imply that you should completely deceive your audience with ideas that are unrelated. Many YouTubers and bloggers on web2 do this in a very diabolical way, but here on Hive, I have seen people do it so well and it turned out great.
We can sometimes tell whether or not someone is using clickbaits simply by knowing them. When people I follow use clickbait, I believe it will be easier to identify because I follow them and understand the types of content they produce.
For this Hive user I'm talking about, a lot of people knows him and apparently most of his clickbait titles are not what people would associate with him.
Now, he uses it in such a creative way that it is quite appealing, and I believe it requires a certain level of concentration to do so. It demonstrates how much effort he puts into creating, as well as how much he cares about people checking them out. Although he is aware that his devoted readers understand what he is attempting to accomplish, he continues to try to spice things up, which I greatly admire.
For example, imagine a pregnant person posting and saying "I have finally given birth." Of course, everyone knows that a pregnant person will give birth, and a post with such a title may not receive as much attention or clicks from random users who open a post out of curiosity rather than because they are truly interested in reading.
For a big user, you might think this guy will be satisfied with the engagement reach of his current audience; however, using clickbait is a way to say "please read this, open it, you will like it"
Now, I know many big users on Hive, and once they are big, they only post drab stuff, drop a few links and pictures, and rely on their bigness on the chain to do the magic, and as expected, they will get attention because they have the stake to garner engagement for themselves.
It is the complacency that comes with being influential and having a large stake; there is a diminishing return when you become influential on Hive, and some people just fall for this complacency; it literally makes their social front uninteresting to click on.
In Conclusion
I believe that most people judge the quality of their content based on how well it is perceived; people like this care about what others have to say about it, whereas some users simply dump the post and do not care what anyone else says.
It is difficult to improve your creativity when you do not care what others think of your content, which is why some creators are rigid, only concerned with what they stand to gain from the end consumer.
There are people who genuinely enjoy creating, and you can see them experimenting, trying new things, and looking for ways to increase engagement. If you are one of those people, you can try your hand at clickbait; it is a lot of fun and a great way to spice up your content.
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Wait a minute! I clicked on this post because the title got me hooked - I was expecting you to drop the name or link to that "creative clickbait" genius you kept referring to, so we could all visit his posts and see what you meant. But it looks like your own post is a perfect example of a "creative" clickbait. Well played, Jose!😀 LOL!
I hope all is well on your side!
Well it wasn't really a complete clickbait as I was still on topic. I talked about a Hive user who actually uses it a lot, the only thing was that I didn't mention his name, of course he's popular, but I just don't like tagging people
Yeah you're right. I was just pulling your legs.
I understand, I haven't been feeling too well lately, and I wrote the comment I replied previously because I was really gassed out..
Hope you're feeling well as the weekend progresses and having a great one!
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I think the clickbaiting does work. People tend to open things that interest them. I don't think it's a bad thing though so long as it's still on topic. I don't generally bother with that for my posts though due to a lack of time.
You're right, I don't think it's a bad thing as long as you're on topic as well. I generally like stuffs with clickbaits, I think it's interesting to look at them.
For me, I think many web2 users overdid the clickbait thing that's why I became a bit too disinterested in it, especially with the larger than live thumbnails. Creative ones act as a good incentive to draw in users to check out one's work, it takes a bit of brainstorming to find the right set of words.
It is definitely a fun bit of thought experiments to craft a nifty title to bring people in. I don’t do it very well myself, maybe, but I do try to come up with an interesting and short title for the ensuing post. I think it helps drive peoples interest in stopping by which makes sense.
What I don’t like is the YT-style clickbait where they have a provocative title and largely don’t live up to it at all. That stuff annoys me quite a bit!
I do know some people on the larger scale here do a good job with the titles and the content which is inspiring. Fortunately I don’t spend time on those who are lazy and put out bullshit because they know they will get rewards from trails and support of others. I know there are many of that realm though sadly.
Creative writers will use click bait every so often, some manage to survive long term as you mentioned. Always visit those who take effort in commenting has been my basic throughout many years online.
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.Clickbait can be fun at times! It makes things more interesting than dumping the same mundane material with nothing of interest. Some people are gifted title creators, I'm not one, but it doesn't mean that every now and again I can't come up with something interesting! Great post!
That's true, very useful information.
What is informative there?