> If 100% of provocative linkbait titles lead to crappy articles, then I can safely ignore them, but if , say, 85% of them lead to crappy articles and 15% to good ones, then I have to waste resources derefencing pointers.
That's an interesting and practical idea. To take your suggestion one step further, I propose that submissions of good articles should from now on include [Good article] in the title; crappy articles should include [Crappy article]. That way, I can only click on the links tagged [Good article] and ignore the crappy ones. (If the idea turns out to be popular, this can be automated with two checkboxes in the submission form.) What do you think?
That's an interesting and practical idea. To take your suggestion one step further, I propose that submissions of good articles should from now on include [Good article] in the title; crappy articles should include [Crappy article]. That way, I can only click on the links tagged [Good article] and ignore the crappy ones. (If the idea turns out to be popular, this can be automated with two checkboxes in the submission form.) What do you think?