Of all the acceptable forms of online writing, list-making is the easiest to schlub your way through. Even though I hate these lists, I always enjoy them. These lists always have a way of sucking you in… right up to the point where something goes terribly wrong.Ĥ. Every list is completely subjective and almost always ridiculous.ģ. Most sites lean on list-making for off-day filler, a trait that led to Bill Simmons writing in 2004 his own list of potentially annoying elements to list-journalism:Ģ. What makes Lists stand out from the other listers is that we use lists as our meal ticket, which means we have to bring the list heat every day. (My favorites? “ 11 Overused Phrases Dumb People Say,” the “ 10 Signs It’s Summer in…” Chicago neighborhood series, and “ 6 Phrases You Didn’t Know Came From Horse Racing.”) I got my start at ChicagoNow with Lists That Actually Matter, a sweet little outfit that challenges itself to sustain a readership based solely on list-making, which at the time of the blog’s inception in 2010 was a well-known lazy staple of online journalism.
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