I think the thing about this story clickbaitable is nothing about what surrounds the noun, Sean Parker. It's the noun, Sean Parker. Sean Parker is an enigma the hacker community wants to know about, because he has been insanely successful and at once is largely anonymous.
So, I will click a post that says "Sean Parker's drooling habits" little because of what surrounds it - I will click it because have strong interest in finding out more about the noun, Sean Parker, without caring much at all about the totality of the title.
The more I know about the noun, the less I click on the titles (especially as they parse down to less interesting things), but the less I know, the more likely I am to click something as snore-inducing as "Lunch with Sean Parker".
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I think the thing about this story clickbaitable is nothing about what surrounds the noun, Sean Parker. It's the noun, Sean Parker. Sean Parker is an enigma the hacker community wants to know about, because he has been insanely successful and at once is largely anonymous.
So, I will click a post that says "Sean Parker's drooling habits" little because of what surrounds it - I will click it because have strong interest in finding out more about the noun, Sean Parker, without caring much at all about the totality of the title.
The more I know about the noun, the less I click on the titles (especially as they parse down to less interesting things), but the less I know, the more likely I am to click something as snore-inducing as "Lunch with Sean Parker".