“Now that’s a clickbait excerpt, if I ever saw one. You’re allowed to excerpt up to three hundred words.”
1. Fast news morning - not counting
2. Not my site so not click bait
3. I took time to tee it up for - why don’t you make an effort to take a swing at the ball
Thanks
Au contraire, mon freep. If an excerpt is so brief as to leave one in mystery as to the gist of the article, then it acts as 'bait' upon the reader, and prompts them to click through to the full article.
A proper excerpt contains enough basic information for the reader to understand the central thrust of the story, and thus spurs discussion. The beauty is that those who want more details, can always click through to read the whole piece.