You Won’t Believe What Comes Next: The Solution for Clickbait Headlines

Clickbait headlines on sites like Hacker News and Reddit create an endless cycle where blocking one form leads to another, making it hard for quality content to surface. The "Law of Clickbait Headlines" echoes Goodhart's Law. For example, phrases like "this changes everything" appear 571 times on HN. User-generated headlines favor marketers over substantive content. AI could generate accurate headlines based on content relevance, with community edits for tuning. This would level the playing field and discourage clickbait, letting quality content get noticed.