Link-bait is the most frustrating trend on the internet. I read somewhere when outlets such as NYTimes were interviewed on their perception of BuzzFeed. The overwhelming response was "we're not worried at all, BuzzFeed has not taken any traffic from us".
On a similar note, clicking on links that take you to a YouTube video vs just playing the YouTube video (embedded) is immensely annoying.
For what it's worth, I disagree. For one, I would rather see additional content on the page instead of a huge embedded video that I may not watch (especially at work). Secondly, links to Youtube are handled better on mobile devices than embedded videos, opening the Youtube app instead of relying on the browser to handle it.