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Why That Video Went Viral

Researchers are beginning to explore the motivations that turn a link, like a video of a firefighter saving a kitten, into click bait. It didn’t work for one site that reported that the kitten eventually died. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Psychology and Psychologists

Topics: kitten, eventually, reported, didn’t, click, saving, firefighter, video, motivations, explore, beginning, Researchers, Viral, Video

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