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app103:
The Onion has launched a new site aimed at parodying viral news sites like Buzzfeed, Upworthy, etc.


What is the goal of ClickHole?

Let’s be honest: Today, the average website carelessly churns out hundreds of pieces of pandering, misleading content, most of which tragically fall short of going viral.

At ClickHole, we refuse to stand for this. We strive to make sure that all of our content panders to and misleads our readers just enough to make it go viral. You see, we don’t think anything on the internet should ever have to settle for mere tens of thousands of pageviews. We believe that each and every article—whether about pop culture, politics, internet trends, or social justice—should be clicked on and shared by hundreds of millions of internet users before they can even comprehend what they just read.

ClickHole has one and only one core belief: All web content deserves to go viral.  -http://www.clickhole.com/article/what-clickhole-230
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http://www.clickhole.com/

from Versioning

Fred Nerd:
That's a great site.
I love spreading obvious misinformation on the internet. If someone is so dumb as to believe articles on the net, they may as well believe totally ridiculous ones.

mouser:
Indistinguishable from half the articles on the internet.

40hz:
 :-\ Once again The Onion does it's part to contribute to that pile of snarky BS so much of the web has become. And all done to score a cheap shot or get a quick laugh. Sad really. Or should that be more like "really sad?"

40hz:
That's a great site.
I love spreading obvious misinformation on the internet. If someone is so dumb as to believe articles on the net, they may as well believe totally ridiculous ones.
-Fred Nerd (June 14, 2014, 05:54 AM)
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Um...did you ever consider a career in government?  :P ;D (kidding)

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