Sunday 26 January 2014

'Downworthy' plug-in kills viral headlines with snark

'Downworthy' plug-in kills viral headlines with snark
Jan 26th 2014, 08:40, by Dante D'Orazio

Depending on who you ask, viral content farms like Upworthy and Viral Nova are either polluting your Facebook News Feed with deceptive — and extremely clickable — headlines, or they're bringing interesting stories to your attention. If you're in the former camp, the good news is that Facebook's working to get more news into your News Feed, but if headlines like "9 Out Of 10 Americans Are Completely Wrong About This Mind-Blowing Fact" are still driving you crazy, there's a new Chrome plug-in that might do just the trick.
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