Sphinn - 10 Reasons Why Top Ten Lists Rock!

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Went Hot: March 7, 2008 - 9:28 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 484 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.time.com)
Category: Blogging

Why the obsession, for listmakers and list readers alike? Here are some guesses in the only format that matters.

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from Halfdeck 484 days ago #

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They don't rock. They're nauseating.

from Lyndon 484 days ago #

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They rock because they work.

What else is important?

from bwelford 484 days ago #

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Superb. .. and the author counted down from 10 to 1. That's so important. Ah, the suspense. If you didn't go all the way, you missed the point.

For me, I really prefer Top 3 lists in any order. That's much more engaging.

from Gamermk 483 days ago #

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I like how this article fails miserably at how to properly structure a top 10 list. Bolded text? No thanks. Sub-headings? Nope. Throwing a number infront of a bunch of paragraphs is not how to make scannable web content.

from martinibuster 483 days ago #

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>>>They don't rock. They're nauseating.

Everything has it's place. What's really silly is when people post top ten lists for SPHINN readers who are already in on the joke. I mean, come on... hehe. LOL

from Oatmeal 483 days ago #

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Top 10 lists are like the wedding vows exchanged between Digg and Cracked.com

from DarkMatter 483 days ago #

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I have kind of started to tune out Top anything lists these days. I think they have a shelf life, though the expiration date may be a few years off.

from IncrediBILL 483 days ago #

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Top 10 lists are typically something people write that have nothing valuable to say so they organize lists of crap so people think they know something which they don't except how to make stupid lists that even lamer people read.

from martinibuster 483 days ago #

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Well Bill, don't flame me to a crisp for saying this, but that's a bit harsh. :P

Certainly, it's a commonplace for many years now that Top Ten Lists float to the top at Digg. But I get a sense that it's missing the point, or at least a little bit artless to do it over and over and over again at Sphinn because Sphinners are expected to be in on the technique. So I don't believe it resonates quite the same way it's meant to as a technique for spamming Digg.

That said, a top ten list can be helpful and useful. I don't have anything against it, and have read some great ones referred from Sphinn.

We need a top ten list of ways to make it to the top of Sphinn without resorting to top ten lists.

hehe.

from IncrediBILL 483 days ago # - show/hide this comment

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You just made my point as DIGGers are the lamer people that read those top 10 lists.

Ooops. did I say that out loud? (ducks)