Results: Survey 2 about "click-bait" - news headlines designed to lure people into investigating the article.
Published on 06/14/2025
My wife and I enjoy the inflammatory headlines and misinformation blogs online. We click on some of them but sometimes find the headline itself is enough. This survey lists some examples of this new form of entertainment. Click on the ones you like.
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Here are some headlines my wife and I enjoyed in the last few weeks. Which ones do you like (as entertainment as much as serious news)?
Elon Musk gives up job of making government more efficient for the much easier job of sending humans to Mars.
24%
471 votes
Website for Unclaimed Bodies Now Operational (I don't know why I like this one).
12%
246 votes
Why scary movies may be good for your health (a scary movie can burn more calories than exercise).
19%
374 votes
None.
20%
405 votes
Not Interested
40%
791 votes
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Here are another three headlines. Which ones do you like?
Wait, snake oil actually works?! (Oil from Chinese water snakes has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine to treat arthritis and other joint pain.)
18%
350 votes
Toronto city councilors approve 24 per cent pay raise for themselves (ironically the mayor is a socialist).
16%
321 votes
Can swearing make you stronger? (Swearing can improve grip strength by an average of 8%)
19%
378 votes
None
22%
449 votes
Not Interested
38%
763 votes
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3.
Here are another three headlines. Which ones do you like?
How a Vancouver surgeon will use a blind woman's tooth to restore her vision.
22%
447 votes
Why potatoes are used to test Wi-Fi (Potatoes can absorb and reflect Wi-Fi signals)
22%
435 votes
Why Australia gave email addresses to 70,000 trees. (people then began writing their favorite trees whimsical letters)
18%
363 votes
None
21%
417 votes
Not Interested.
37%
745 votes
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4.
Here are the final three headlines (for today anyway). Which ones do you like?
Letters to MP go unanswered after senior says "I've been posting my letters in the dog poo box for two years."
18%
354 votes
Homeless man under house arrest.
28%
567 votes
Grandfather banned from US holiday after accidentally ticking "Terrorist" on visa form.
19%
384 votes
None
19%
389 votes
Not Interested
37%
734 votes
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