"One weird trick" (also "one simple trick") advertisements are a form of clickbait online advertising that has been common on the Internet since around the late 2000s. The formula used in the advertisements was first applied to weight-loss products, but has since been extended to cures for problems including hair loss and diabetes.^[1]^[2] A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation found that many of the advertisements sold "trial" packages that were never sent. The FTC filed legal action in 2011 against promoters of such advertisements for defrauding millions of people.^[3]^[4]

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^ Clark, Taylor (January 2014). "Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
^ Farhi, Paul (July 6, 2011). "Ubiquitous 'tiny belly' online ad part of scheme, government says". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
^ Tsouderos, Trine (March 22, 2012). "FTC cracks down on bogus online news sites that are actually ads". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

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Proposed or recognised diagnostic categories	Computer addiction Internet addiction disorder Internet sex addiction Online problem gambling Problematic smartphone use Nomophobia Problematic social media use Television addiction Video game addiction
Disciplines involved	Digital anthropology Digital sociology Human factors and ergonomics Cognitive ergonomics Computer-mediated communication Engineering psychology Human–computer interaction Media naturalness theory Neuroergonomics Neuroscience Psychiatry Evolutionary Psychology Clinical Cognitive Evolutionary Social
Associated psychiatric conditions	Anxiety disorder Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Autism Depression Eating disorder Anorexia nervosa Body image disturbance Insomnia Narcissistic personality disorder
Attention	Attention economy Attention inequality Attention management Attention span Betteridge's law of headlines Chumbox Clickbait Digital zombie Doomscrolling Human multitasking Media multitasking Mobile phones and driving safety Phubbing Smartphones and pedestrian safety Texting while driving Influence-for-hire Infodemic Information explosion Information overload Information pollution Information–action ratio Infotainment Knowledge gap hypothesis Missing white woman syndrome Neophile One weird trick Rage farming Screen time Binge-watching Social aspects of television Television consumption Sticky content Tabloid television Yellow journalism
Cognitive bias/ Conformity	Availability heuristic Bandwagon effect Confirmation bias Conformity Echo chamber False consensus effect False-uniqueness effect Fear of missing out Filter bubble Mean world syndrome Negativity bias Overchoice Peer pressure Pluralistic ignorance Self-deprecation Social-desirability bias Social influence bias Social media bias Spiral of silence Toxic positivity
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