This one weird trick will help you spot clickbait - Jeff Leek & Lucy McGowan

[@TEDEd]

This is part two of our series on misleading headlines, keep testing your skills with part one: bit.ly/MisleadingHeadlines

[@1.4142]

I got click baited with a video about clickbait.

[@siraryx]

That was extremely annoying and unnecessary with all those sound effects.

[@2hedz77]

I hope you will do something on news/sports headlines. Those are the worst. They usually twist the intention or sensationalize a trivial part of an interview and while the headline is technically factual, it is not in context or disingenuous. Ex. CNN: "Bill Nye's profanity ridden video goes viral". I would also recommend watching Veritasium's recent video on why his video went viral. It is not just the headline but the thumbnail and it is KZbin's algorithm that drives this.

[@kuldeepjoshi2063]

This video was a clickbait

[@AzogticMettroskik]

I Thought This video is going to Teach me how to spot youtube clickbaits, But it was about studies and headlines not youtube's videos.

[@supersammich344]

I was promised clickbait, and instead I received a well researched, well presented video. Does this mean I was indeed clickbaited? I shall think about this for years to come.

[@mijngebruikersnaamisjoy]

SUPER SAMMICH omg love that thought, well done!

[@xoxo-sf1zg]

Interesting! You have to doubt a Channel's rating too when it comes to clickbait. quick fix type channels are mostly clickbait in my opinion.

[@manghariz2211]

This comment is genius

[@steveishere8808]

SUPER SAMMICH My brain, IT HURTS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT!!!!

[@lillyloulijia]

you're a genius

[@supersammich344]

I am a simple man... I see clickbait, I fall for clickbait.

[@xoxo-sf1zg]

*Innocent man*

[@TheGamer2554_]

Me too And I am not a man, instead I am a boy

[@Alkalus]

I know how it feels

[@jackyzhu9761]

I thought all the headlines were clickbait, since they were attention grabbing and non-specific, with a curiosity gap.

[@bruhwtf2662]

What the heck dude two comments with over a thousand likes ;-;

[@michaelc5152]

An easier way of spotting out clickbait is by just reading the title. Proper medical journals will say something like "The effects of Setraline on x part of the brain." Clickbait will say "This drug may be the cure for depression."

[@markancheta2210]

Yeah a way to mislead people on anti depressants

[@Xanion0205]

Yeah, that and the fact drugs don't cure depression

[@brentfisher902]

@@Xanion0205 The name of a certain Van Halen song is the best cure for depression.

[@jj0493]

@@Xanion0205 if you take enough of them they will. Permanently

[@glitchyyt7482]

@@brentfisher902 it'll make the depression jump to safety (the safety is a volcano)

[@ace_guard3386]

Clickbait-ception. What a masterpiece.

[@QieQieQuiche]

Oh hi

[@nevermind8063]

@@QieQieQuiche that was random

[@QieQieQuiche]

@@nevermind8063 dont mind me

[@vale3242]

wait those names actually make sense-

[@TheTexas1994]

How to spot clickbait with this one weird trick *KZbinrs hate this*

[@Tom-uy6te]

I think most youtubers feel the same way as everyone else about the triumph of advertising over product; they only participate in it because money is a factor.

[@nejaroshani202]

Phantom so true!!!😂😂

[@Edwin_scs]

YOU ARE A LEGEND

[@rubygross7684]

Tom Hutton r/whoosh

[@sossololpipi9633]

@@rubygross7684 he understands the joke, I dont get why he would be wooooshed

[@69magic]

"Watching a TED-Ed video can increase your brain cells!"

[@flix8_589]

*Now thats not clickbait!*

[@TEDEd]

Excellent title suggestion! ;)

[@ra_alf9467]

Brain tumor :v

[@DanksterPaws]

“Watching THIS youtuber will increase certain parts of the BODY!!! DONT MISS OUT!!! 2020”

[@Generatrix]

@@TEDEd while morgz reduces them

[@zuko1569]

Clickbaiters: Our clickbaits will always evolve Ted-Ed: _Not so fast._

[@xoxo-sf1zg]

Where there is criminals, there is police.

[@Nugcon]

Clickbait police

[@JamesTheFoxeArt]

xo xo we are the Police

[@lucariomaster4525]

More like: ill have to stop you right there

[@hxhchimeraantarc2268]

Buttercup: Mojo Bubble: Jojo

[@IuliaB10]

Average KZbin clickbait for the last year: - NO WAY THAT JUST HAPPENED - I ALMOST DIED - ?!?!??!!? - *NOT CLICKBAIT*

[@two-face1041]

Patricia Brezeanu GONE WRONG POLICE!!!

[@name4612]

Don't forget the gone wrong

[@foreverbuilder8698]

What about “Im leaving youtube!!!!!?!!?!”

[@irai_nesanOfThamizhOrigin]

@Patricia Brezeanu So you're gonna ignore the good ol' circles and arrows?

[@thergmtk]

Emojis, fake tears and shocked faces in the thumbnail?

[@austinmoon6974]

When you realize the title of this video about clickbait is clickbait 😐

[@JustButton]

Austin Moon the people who need this video the most are the same ones who will fall for this headline.

[@swigswineyourorgansaremine]

Woooosh. It’s supposed to be like that.

[@isyourwifion5384]

The video title is clickbait

[@ibranora]

👍😂

[@TEDEd]

You're onto us! 😉

[@xoxo-sf1zg]

@@TEDEd "how to hack google" searches on Google Search engine.

[@mayhair]

thatsthejoke.jpg

[@joshual.7082]

Very interesting indeed.

[@phtrivier]

So, to know whether the headline is clickbait, click on the headline, find the source of the study in the article, and find whether the headline misrepresent the study. Then, find a time machine to tell your past self not to click on the headline.

[@SidraShabbir526]

Pierre-Henri Trivier You summed it up quite well.

[@DragonNeverLoves]

WHAT?! HAHAHAHAHAH! LMAO!

[@natalinegloriana3430]

In other words, *IT'S TOO LATE, LARDS!* 😂😂

[@dre5540]

When looking for references for a project or essay, I sometimes see people who only search information based on titles, and rarely ever read the whole article they're referring to. In that case, it is helpful to know how to actually spot clickbait and stop spreading misinformation. Clickbait is obvious at best and discrete at worst, either way they are misleading.

[@superlukey3]

It's not necessarily about *avoiding* clickbait, it's about understanding it. After all, I've seen some things with clickbait titles that were actually quite good (this video, and others). Avoiding it outright is difficult to impossible, but being able to investigate and discover the truth is quite valuable.

[@ItsJJOLO]

How to check if it’s clickbait. Read the comments of other people who have fallen for it already.

[@eddie246]

exactly what I did XD

[@makeromaniagreatagain9697]

@@eddie246 #metoo

[@adamantobserver8655]

Instantly click pause cuz didn't want they get more viewer.

[@Magnasium038]

Actually yeah, this is what I do

[@ra_alf9467]

But what if you are the first?

[@اطلبالحقوالرحمة]

Clickbaiters: *_Exist_* Ted-Ed: am about to end these men whole careers

[@ayosup5326]

So kinda like Danny Gonzales

[@Noname-gh3sq]

😂

[@joshuabalondo4454]

And women*

[@arlert4396]

@@Ghostx003 Ehhhh don't think you know what sexist is, and looking at your profile pic, your older than a 13 yr old yet you don't know what sexist is smh

[@اطلبالحقوالرحمة]

we need more likes!

[@StoriesThatPop]

Sociology, meet Marketing. Marketing, meet Sociology. Very informative vid!

[@waterunderthebridge7950]

2:32 One problem is also that this study design doesn’t actually study the change in stress level but just the absolute stress level after the intervention. To have a study of this kind be valid, you’ll have to assess baseline stress level (e.g. a week before the intervention) so you can analyse the _difference_ in stress in each group and compare that (e.g. with a t-test for unpaired samples)

[@lynxlagoon]

this video: 40% Words 60% *Woosh* Sound

[@eloska589]

Ugh, you just made me notice it. Now it's annoying.

[@lynxlagoon]

@@eloska589 glad i could help ; )

[@Xman34washere]

Who's gonna put this vid on r/woooosh

[@crugleberryandfriends4740]

Xman34 I might put you on r/lostredditors

[@franziska9260]

*wooooooooooooosh*

[@exxelsetijadi5348]

You clickbaited us into learning how to avoid clickbait Outstanding move, i say

[@rivaldi3956]

TED-ED giving out tools to help find better, more reliable information on the internet is exactly what I need.

[@sydiet.5168]

*sees clickbait *me hates clickbait videos *uhmmmm *well its Ted-Ed *sooo Ohmy thanks for the likes💖

[@steveishere8808]

Sydie T. TED-Ed is unconditional man! No matter what they make or what they say, we watch their videos with unconditional love!

[@tiffanybarnhardt0610]

My. Exact. Thoughts.

[@otto7848]

This is so me ≧∇≦

[@JimmyKristanto]

Exactly !

[@capt_toad7890]

Remove the award speech and I’ll like it

[@ninjadoughnut4837]

Did I just get clickbaited into thinking I was watching a video on how not to get clickbaited? "We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed, and we've been, quite possibly, bamboozled."

[@owendriscoll3440]

Is that a reference?

[@ArcturusDelphinus]

Gets click baited by a video talking about how to spot click bait

[@akmayernick3722]

If that's not irony, I don't know what is!

[@vintagerock547]

@Hasvid Chris Paul Because they know its clickbait

[@lx4half751]

_" _*_This one weird trick_*_ will help you spot clickbait "_ Very meta

[@novemtigris3041]

Just look for these channel names 5 Minute Crafts, Bright Side, Troom Troom, Actually Happened

[@willsy2000]

Ghlbtsk [Sam Z] and basically all reaction channels and compilation channels😂

[@thealchemies]

When I was 9/10 I thought that bright side was not clickbait but ted Ed was 😂😂😂😂

[@PlaguedDoodle]

when Actually Happened is gone

[@meco7956]

Ikr😂

[@losttribe3001]

NO!!! Don’t click on this video!!! It’s a trap!!! Well, I guess we all fell for a clickbait video.

[@jennyberger8229]

A Lost One *Well yes but actually no*

[@oldcowbb]

tricked into learning

[@losttribe3001]

oldcowbb Damn you TED talks!!! 😉

[@PeterSiasoyco]

whoa.......... good vid Very imformative my brain: i dint learn anying

[@cho_andrea]

i didnt understand a thing but thanks for the info, ted ed

[@UserofYouTube2]

Media literacy isn't talked about enough. Thank you for making this!

[@markchester0468]

Plot Hole This video is a click clickbait

[@randomsmugguy7778]

No, it's bait clickbait

[@darion1728]

I saw this video and thought: this video is probably clickbait **clicks video**

[@noice2606]

I know this can’t be click baited because TedEd never disappoints :)

[@viggisuperstar]

As a psychology student, I recognized a lot of these mistakes, because they teach us A LOT about (how to read) research, statistics and so on. Its so important to really look into the details!

[@danielbonsu1139]

I just tapped on the video then read the title again. Thats when i realized my mistake

[@The_Mashrur]

Ted-Ed: "How to Spot Clickbait Also Ted-Ed: "Just read the article and its studies, thus wasting your time on the clickbait"

[@erhaveas]

Great! This is a clickbait to end all other clickbaits. Wish research methodology and hypothesis testing is introduced to everyone. We could then have a better world that will not tear itself apart. Thank you Ted-Ed for this wonderful video on hypothesis testing and scientific deduction. Well Done.

[@CubeWorksProjet]

I love this video, high five to the ted-ed team ! This'll make me more careful of flashy titles...

[@hannahracel3599]

Love this exercise... get us to think :) and be weary of misleading headlines and news articles next time

[@yoshi314]

unfortunately you still need to read the clickbait article to figure it out. i expected being able to notice it before going in.

[@cecillealejandria8693]

The most dangerous type of clickbait is getting Rick Rolled. More than 1 Billion people is affected by this Clickbait. And the most safest Clickbait is seeing the title and the Video named Rick Roll it only affects 1 people and that is Rick Astley.

[@whatsupdate]

TBH this is not what I think of when I think clickbait. It reminds me more of the peer review of a grant or manuscript.

[@TRAVXIZ614]

I doubt that anyone who could be drawn in with a clickbait title has the critical thinking skills to actually read the article and come to the conclusion that they're being manipulated. I HIGHLY doubt that they even read the article in the first place.

[@AssasinZorro]

I had come up with a different set of reasons for distrusting the first two headlines: the first one seemed like it didn't take in count regression to the mean, which would make cholesterol levels resemble average in time. The second one seemed wrong because there wasn't a control group - we have no idea about how much chocolate participants ate before the experiment. They might have been eating a lot more, and therefore the experiment showed that going cold turkey on chocolate habit is stressful, while having at least one chocolate a day helps feeling slightly less stressed

[@NIRANJANKUMAR-of4wf]

Ted ed: *uploads a video on how to spot clickbait* Literally every youtuber:*has left the chat*

[@justanotheruser6468]

* Daily dose of internet joined the chat *

[@-Rishikesh]

2:20 In the chocolate example if the test measured stress levels for all students first as a base line and then gave chocolate to one part of the students then the result is valid because we don't have any other base line to compare them with.. maybe the chosen students who eat chocolate don't get stressed as often.. So a base line is very important

[@JoannAmalaa]

Basically what us psychology students do when writing literature reviews under limitations 😂

[@enyalhuang]

I clicked and it was a video of clickbait. Have I been clickbaited? This has to be the biggest enigma in history.

[@fatimaadreeta]

I was clickbaited, but learned a lot. Thank you ❤

[@MKhan06750]

wow, this is click bate on a whole nother level. I wanted to learn how to avoid it yet TED-Ed outsmarted me by this extremely thorough and well thought video

[@izzojunior]

One of the few channels where you get what you ask for... kudos Ted-Ed.

[@kupamanduka]

When I first saw this: Ha, look at that, I'm TOTALLY aware that this is indeed a clickbait! LOL bold of you to assume that I'll fall for it- *wait*

[@LupinLuu]

A video with clickbait title talks about spotting clickbait! Such irony!

[@strange_and_magnificent]

This video sounded like clickbait, then I discovered that it was a beautifully animated, accurate video.

[@Thripura82]

Now i wont fall into the traps of yt creators with their clickbaity videos Thanks ted👏👏😉👍

[@inyobill]

"They got chocolate, and I didn't. I'm stressed."

[@castsmith6783]

does it count as a clickbait video, if the video has a high quality on it?

[@warsameadam5572]

Click bait creators are studying us very well. it’s frightening Thanks for shedding a light on this matter. Great video as always

[@simvag]

Was it reuploaded? I feel like I watched this video before O.o

[@TEDEd]

Hi Simona! This is part two of our series on media literacy, you can see part one here: bit.ly/MisleadingHeadlines

[@kevincastillomorales4858]

I dont wanted to click on this video because i could saw a obvious clickbait, but i ended falling because you can't replace Ted-ed, all ted-ed videos are soo good!

[@jonathandabre8004]

"those children were stressed bcoz they didn't get chocolate "

[@sayuntamrakar8003]

I rushed down to the comment section to laugh. Wasn't disappointed.

[@rakhimondal5949]

Clickbaity clickbait in a clickbait thumbnail Inception...

[@dragonfury1565]

Title: How to avoid clickbait (like in youtube) Actual contents of video: How to do research to prove or disprove catchy newspaper headlines even though barely anyone reads newspapers anymore and it takes too much time

[@LilGlibGlobZ]

This is clickbait your talking about medical stuff

[@Muhammed_English314]

yes I thought it will talk about the subject in general but what I ended up is listening to those useless biology facts

[@axcerlux2572]

whoosh ;-;

[@francescoazzoni3445]

I'll have to link this to all my friends, I've lost count of how many times i had to look up for them the sources to show it was clickbait

[@CoolBird420]

If it's 10 minutes long has red or yellow circles and arrows and has ALL CAPS Done that's how you find out if it's clickbait

[@SanjayMerchant]

One thing I was surprised wasn't called out in the chocolate-and-stress study was the fact that the study doesn't necessarily price the chocolate was what made the difference. Maybe the act of snacking, regardless of the content, lowers stress. Maybe being forced to abstain is RAISING stress (even if the students didn't eat chocolate before, having it be specifically forbidden might have an effect).

[@RandomPerson-yy2ch]

U wanna hear an original comment? You just got clickbated boi 😉

[@okman9684]

Soon TEDed will hit 10M subs without any clickbait 😁

[@YousefTobail]

Oh that's simple, just see if the video is from MrBossFTW.

[@theslimeyboi]

But what if it isn't?

[@wizlumi4521]

KZbinrs: Write that down WRITE THAT DOWN

[@alexismandelias]

KZbinrs hate him! Learn how not to get clickbaited with one simple trick!

[@mathcrazyow6646]

*sees clickbait title *sees ted-ed *clicks on video *worth my time

[@yiumyoumsan6997]

Lol this video did not actually include about how to spot a clickbait.

[@danielchmiel7787]

Also, in chocolate/stress, they didn't account for stress levels before the study - they could as well stay unchanged, if one group was more stressed to begin with.

[@baribaroory6106]

since this was TED-Ed I didn't think it would be clickbait. I was wrong unsubbed.

[@feynstein1004]

Check 1: correlation =/= causation Check 2: sample size Check 3: fine print (details)

[@trancaoanhminh2298]

you thought you clickbaited me with your clickbaited clickbait research? HAH! too bad I didn't click, I tapped on it, you may have outsmarted me but i have out smarted your outsmarting

[@bread7101]

Title: This one weird trick will help you spot clickbait! Also title: Is clickbait

[@MoMo-ff2pe]

This should be shown in every classroom worldwide

[@melonjuicework8909]

Congratulations TED-ED, you made not only just clickbait, but you made an incredible clickbait video I was fall for that one

[@Hexafluoroisopropanol]

Clickbait means to make an obby game and call it “ obby obby obby obby obby obby obby obby obby obby obby obby obby obby”

[@titaniastinkerings]

Honestly I think one of the major factors in the chocolate study was people always wanting what they can't have, maybe they're just stressed because they want chocolate now that they're forbidden to eat any xD

[@mrsir3658]

Me: *sees the title* Me: this is probably clickbait Me: *clicks on video anyway*

[@orvalinaaugusta2903]

I don’t even pay attention to the videos, I just like his scratchy voice. It fells funny in my ears.

[@nakshatraaich3120]

The thumbnail made me think it was a clickbait video but then it's good old Ted-Ed so I click

[@colunizator]

Being able to distinguish a true and a bogus article on internet is a superpower in our days

[@saorelba]

I clicked on this video thinking that in trying to learn about clickbait, I was going to be clickbaited

[@stormysamreen7062]

Clickbait: *exists Ted-Ed: "I'm about to end this man's whole career"

[@joshuabalondo4454]

Woman's*

[@Alpha_Looksmaxxer]

Creature's

[@_heyaijanah_8093]

School work: 5 x 2 = 10 Homework: 6 x 9 = 54 Exam: If Tom woke up at 10:30am and missed his train, will TED - Ed’s video title still be click bait?

[@TidalWaveDan]

There’s an intersection of thirst and curiosity where one is most likely to fall for clickbait. It is the spam email of today.

[@StellarSTLR1]

lmao took me a while to realize the title of the video is a clickbait title. Bravo TED-Ed. Bravo.

[@9891904317589]

One thing to note that I heard of a research author. You can contact them personally and ask for a copy to read. When you buy content o sites or magazines, most of the income does not reach the author. It is not illegal to ask them for a copy of their article to read for your personal use. That way you can value more who did it.

[@June071710]

The animated infographics are to die for!

[@Taruyroiii]

This is actually useful for young researchers like me to be more careful about future researches.

[@LakshaySura]

Well researched and informative video but sadly no one looks for much details and spread fake news. Thanks Ted-Ed on enlightening all of us.

[@dickyarya8204]

Okay but whenever I see "Florida man..." Headline I instantly click on it

[@POOH_LY]

I see "clickbaits," and I can't resist myself but to click it.

[@gelatinocyte6270]

These sound effects are fun to listen to

[@Biocube101]

Damn this video’s a masterpiece. You never fail to impress us, Ted-Ed!

[@phoenax7]

This is such a clickbaity title, that I clicked on it instantly.

[@Historyjewels]

0:12 Wrong. It reduces the effect of a dementor attack