We very much enjoy hashtags (and other uses of Twitter) that inspire clever creativity. Today, we’re guffawing over #clickbaitbooks, which imagines works of literature compressed and reconfigured into pageview-grabbing Internet headlines. You won’t believe how funny they are!
https://gizmodo.com/the-veryrealisticya-hashtag-shows-the-truth-about-teen-1694373817
https://gizmodo.com/someone-is-writing-the-ultimate-generic-dystopian-ya-no-1685296266
Dentists hate this one weird trick to get yourself a free chocolate factory #ClickbaitBooks @Waterstones
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) April 30, 2015
https://twitter.com/embed/status/593849055337295872
https://twitter.com/embed/status/593847916088950784
https://twitter.com/embed/status/593847808328900610
Amazing! Gollum lost so much weight, and he only needed one thing.#clickbaitbooks
— Æ Marling (@AEMarling) April 30, 2015
Sure there was Crime, but what came next will blow your mind #ClickbaitBooks
— 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘 𝙴𝚡𝚎𝚌 (@studioexec1) April 30, 2015
10 Reasons You Should Not Leave A Cat Wearing A Hat In Charge Of Your Children #clickbaitbooks
— One Step Services (@onestepservices) April 30, 2015
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THIS Is 800 Years Old?! One Weird Trick to Increase Lifespan! #clickbaitbooks #MagnaCarta pic.twitter.com/swetPyB48E
— Penguin Classics (@PenguinClassics) April 30, 2015