Comments on: Top 10 Reasons lists are Rubbish

By: Sacha Greif

Sacha Greif — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:40:21 +0000

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By: John

John — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:35:40 +0000

You just gave me one more reason not to like lists. Now how long would that list be?

Nice post.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:55:59 +0000

yeah – agreed – i think not letting your blog get dominated by any one thing is generally a good way to go.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:16:04 +0000

Cheers Darren,

Whenever I get writers block. I always resort to A list based post. Actually, I think lists are very good for both reader and writer, but as Juggling frogs says, it’s good to have a mix.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:37:01 +0000

hehe – nice one.

Glad this was categorized as ‘humor’ or I’d be forced to point out that 8 of your last 10 posts contain lists of one kind or another

By: Juggling Frogs

Juggling Frogs — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:16:14 +0000

Very cute!

When digging through my full rss reader, I do click on the lists first, though. I can hear myself thinking, “That other looks like a long, good, meaty post. I’ll save it for later. I can quickly scan the listy one while on hold with my insurance company.”

The kicker is that I am clicking first on the easy, fluffy posts, to get them ‘out of the way’.

I’m not sure which I’d prefer for my own blog posts:

1. People choosing them first because they don’t intimidate and set up expectations of a quick, easy read

2. People saving my posts to savor later

The trick, (I think) is to have both types of post, suiting the topic with the format. That way, there’s something for everyone, and expectations are managed.