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xorbax | 2 months ago

It summarizes the point of the article using the words of people interviewed.

How do you judge it as "clickbait"?

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darkteflon|2 months ago

I don’t. My comment makes it clear that I consider editorial oversight to be the most likely culprit.

As for the “why”: as an in-context quote it’s fine; out of context - as an article heading - there’s a high chance that the reader will understand it literally and be shocked by it. As pointed out in the other comments. A heading that is misleadingly designed to shock is the definition of clickbait. If, as I said, it was intentional.