I agree with the author completely, there should be
some sort of standardization of the "Most Popular" segment on news
websites. I believe that there are two parts of Journalism: writing articles
and getting people to read them. I know that I'm not the only one who feels a
little bombarded when I visit a website and find all these stories, of
different subjects coming at me. I ALWAYS look for the "Most Read"
link and click it. I want to know what my peers think is important and I'm sure
I'm not the only one. The most popular columns are just another way to get
readers to find the story they want to read and I feel that they are necessary.
I would do almost anything to get people to read my stories, so if that means
giving readers the information they want (how many people have read this, how
many shared it, etc.) so be it.
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