I was wondering if there is a way to mask a site visit. Instance, someone clicks on an article and their site visit is not recorded or is somehow made unverifiable.<p>The goal is to disrupt "journalists" from pandering to the most sensationalist headlines to get more clicks.<p>I find that the state of news is deteriorating to the point of gossip - even more so than the Citizen Kane scenario - because some people are paid proportionally to the number of clicks they receive. A problem is that this would also disrupt Adsense revenue and other click-through programs.
I think it's great that you want to disrupt the media, but I don't think this idea is the way to do it. You're talking about taking a glass full of water out of an ocean.<p>If you're a developer wanting to make a difference I HIGHLY recommend checking out "The Information Diet: A Case For Conscious Consumption" by Clay Johnson.<p>I spent many years working in broadcast news and I can say that many of Clay's observations rang true with what I've observed over the years.
You can just view the Google cache rather than go straight to the article. But that won't stop people from posting sensationalist headlines - everyone knows that's what people want. Just because a few rational geeks frown upon it won't make them change.