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Generally it's that all the resources are located in one place, and hopefully someone has actually looked at the links and decided they're of sufficient quality
by acemarke 9y ago
Generally it's that all the resources are located in one place, and hopefully someone has actually looked at the links and decided they're of sufficient quality to include in the list. Having one place to look makes it easier for someone to read through things, rather than having to search and evaluate articles and resources themselves (especially as a new learner).
- lioeters 9y agoI agree with this, that the added value of lists like these is that it's "curated" - a person collected these links over time, gathered from various sources including search results, while filtering for quality subjectively.
- acemarke 9y agoYeah. I've also seen complaints that some lists (including my own) have _too many_ links. Yes, I'd agree that a curated list with hundreds of links can still be overwhelming, but it's sort of a repeat of the Wikipedia "inclusionists vs deletionists" argument. I'm not trying to limit my list to the "top 5" articles in each subcategory or anything like that - I'm looking at each article by itself, and deciding if it's informative, relevant, and of value. I've also done refactoring on the list over time, adding new sub-categories, breaking out separate category pages, etc, to better capture the information. It's still very much a "curated" list, it's just that I've done a _lot_ of curation :)