I read a good quote on Seth’s blog today: The web loves lists almost as much as it loves video. It’s true, just browse Digg, look at the most popular sites on Delicious and they are all about lists. Bloggers love lists too and this guy is the King.
I say enough already. Here are a few reasons why:
- Lists are ideas with no action. I would rather have the complete idea laid out for me on how something is done rather than just someone’s idea about something
- Too much information to save or even consider. If someone has 50 things in their list are you going to remember every one?
- They are to easily disposable. Today’s news is tomorrow’s fish wrapper and that is especially true about lists of the “best” or “worst” or “coolest”.
- It’s been done. If I see one more list on business uses for Twitter or how to really explode your blog’s traffic, I’m gonna be wiping spew off my keyboard.
I got a kooky idea; Let’s start posting complete concepts that everybody can build on rather than one off ideas. It would fun, more social, and ultimately, more useful.
Who’s in?
Filed under: Musings of Staggering Genius | Tagged: Digg Delicious, Lists, Seth
