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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9825207" data-attributes="member: 18">I don't think that is a common definition of "clickbait", I'm afraid. Not saying it's an impossible or unreasonable one, but the word "common" has a meaning. Especially with "extremely" attached to it.I looked it up to see if this was just me having a big blindspot or out-of-touch with how a word is used (it's happened before!) but seemingly no. Every definition of clickbait I can find revolves completely around sensationalism, emotion-driven stuff and intentional vagueness. None of which is present in this article. Indeed, it's surprising by its absence.And reporting about things that used to happen but didn't is actually... fine? Good even? I think society would be better if there were more calm articles discussing why certain real things aren't happening anymore (rather than sensationalistic ones manufacturing stories like "CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL!"-type stories when crime is on a steady decline).I couldn't find any definition which matched yours.[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait[/URL]</blockquote>