Do not click on this link
Thank you for clicking even though you were asked not to! As many of you know I am very interested in all aspects of the modern web, in this case why people click.
If you would like to link to this entry, I ask that you tell your readers not to click on the link and then link them here:
http://www.projectrethink.org/2008/10/23/do-not-click-on-this-link
If you’re a twitter user, you can just retweet the link:
RT @shawnwelch: Do not click on this link: http://is.gd/4Ez2
Thanks for your help,
*As always, the results of this survey will be posted at projectrethink.org
Categories: Project Rethink
This is interesting. I did something similar a couple of months ago. It really brings up some interesting ideas on leveraging human behavior.
http://getcontagio.us/wordpress/2008/06/09/how-can-you-use-the-scarcity-principle/
I think you’re missing a ‘reason’ people might click, but it’s a bit nuanced: A communal sense of ‘play.’
It seems to me that the web community (particularly those who frequent the same blog over and over, like a favorite bar) has a great sense of humor, a sense of community, and when prompted “don’t click this” they grin and say, “Okay, I’ll bite. What’s up?”