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A chumbox is a form of online advertising that uses a grid of thumbnails and captions to drive traffic to other sites and webpages. This form of advertising is often associated with low quality clickbait links and articles.

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[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I'd actually be more inclined to click those tbh

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

This stay-at-home mom invented a new kind of hot single in your area!

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Definitely read cumbox and was surprised it had its own wiki entry.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Do I want to know what that is?

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

waves hand You don't want to know what this is

[–] Infinite@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

If it's interesting in your head, no.

If it's interesting in your pants, yes.

[–] pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Yes you do. You know you want it.