“Clickbait”, for those of you who aren’t familiar with the term, is web content that relies on sensational headlines to get people to click on it and share it. But what if the Bible used clickbait? I think it would look something like this.
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February 26th, 2015 at 8:57 am
I think you have a good idea there…
February 26th, 2015 at 9:45 am
Those are great !!
February 26th, 2015 at 6:19 pm
Thanks! 🙂 It was fun thinking them up.
February 28th, 2015 at 5:47 am
You know, you might just have a future in content marketing 😉
February 28th, 2015 at 10:54 am
By the way, look what I just stumbled on, over on McSweeney’s :
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/click-on-this-link-and-you-wont-believe-what-happens-next
March 1st, 2015 at 7:54 pm
Haha, that’s epic. 🙂
February 28th, 2015 at 11:34 am
🙂 Maybe, but I’d only want to do it in a satirical or comedic way. Who knows?
February 28th, 2015 at 8:35 am
It worked for me. I even clicked a few of them. I wanted to know which two commandments I should follow.
March 1st, 2015 at 7:53 pm
The power of clickbait is strong. 🙂
March 17th, 2015 at 1:51 am
You sure have read bible well!
March 17th, 2015 at 5:25 pm
Yes, I grew up with it, so I’ve probably read it straight through 5-6 times.