14 Reasons List Posts Are Bad
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James Joyner | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
Responding to a Twitter exchange this morning, Jay Canono lists “Fourteen reasons I hate list posts.” Several of his reasons are valid.
The genre is popular for understandable reasons and they can in fact (contrary to objection #6) sometimes produce very interesting debates in the comments sections. But the posts themselves are seldom very illuminating.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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