Are headlines supposed to be confusing, so we have to click on them?

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Are headlines supposed to be confusing, so we have to click on them?

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Historically, newspapers used headlines to succinctly summarize what followed so readers could quickly locate stories of interest within the impenetrable mass of text that newspapers used to contain.

Today, digital media producers use headlines to increase traffic to their websites, because traffic is the main metric used to derive advertising revenue potental.

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