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Facebook's kicking out clickbait Facebook announced it changed to its Facebook newsfeed that will reduce the amount of stories shared with clickbait headlines if you're unfamiliar with a term clickbait it usually means a headline written to get you to click on it the headline is usually attention-grabbing and vague enough that you must click the link to find out what the story is really about you've definitely seen the clickbait headline think could this coffee kill you or this is the product that will change your life forever forever ever anyway Facebook will be determining clickbait headlines by looking at two key points the headline withholds information required to understand what the content of the article is and two if the headline exaggerated the article to create misleading expectations for the reader based on that criteria facebook will determine which posts and which sites feature clickbait headlines sites that consistently produce those headlines will appear lower in the news feed these changes are rolling out the next few weeks in theory Facebook could become a place where you get news right from your feed what's likely to happen is sites will eventually figure out a way to game the system because that's usually how this works but for now let's just enjoy the idea of a world without click bait it's nice right that's it for this tech news update I maya's after you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet com / update