Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 16th June 2015

Dilbert//9558, first published 11 years ago on Tuesday 16th June 2015

Click Rate On Death Alerts

Tags

advertising, technology, analytics, smart watch, app, ad, click, clickbait, attention, distraction

Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - The smartwatch project

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR HEALTH APP ACCURATELY PREDICTS THE USER'S TIME OF DEATH AND SENDS A FIVE-MINUTE WARNING.

OUR BUSINESS MODEL IS PAID ADVERTISING THAT WE DISGUISE AS "DEATH ALERTS." HOW'S THE CLICK- THROUGH RATE?

SURPRISINGLY LOW.

IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION THESE DAYS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Death Alerts"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a conversation between a man and a health app representative. The representative explains that the app accurately predicts the user's time of death and sends a five-minute warning. The man is skeptical, asking how the app determines the click-through rate. The representative responds that it's hard to get people's attention these days, implying that the app's success is due to its ability to grab users' attention.

Key Points:

• The health app predicts the user's time of death and sends a warning.
• The man is skeptical of the app's accuracy.
• The representative explains that the app's success is due to its ability to grab users' attention.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of using technology to predict death and the challenges of getting people's attention in today's digital age.

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