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The site looks very promising so far. The Onion has been running listicle-type articles for a while (in the form of captioned photo sets, bulleted lists, and more) so this seems like a natural extension. And the Buzzfeeds of the world certainly deserve the lampooning.

I love how there's a persistent click counter in the footer, which seems to be implemented with localStorage and also seems to be tied to some badge system.



The Onion was lampooning infographics before they took off and evolved into "listicles" at least 10 years ago.


At least two decades. Here's one in an issue from 1994: http://www.theonion.com/articles/november-2-1994,10581/

I imagine they go all the way back to 1988 but it's hard to dig them up....


The badge system is interesting. You can see more of it here: http://www.clickhole.com/achievement-hole/

It also resets after you get the top badge. I cheated and just kept running "jQuery("body").trigger("click");" in the browser console, and it triggered clicks. See: http://bluetide.pro/69vO/52JI0bMg


Here's a little insider's secret: http://www.clickhole.com/achievement-hole/




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