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Maybe people like the listicle format because it promises to be quickly digested. Actually, I wonder if it even needs to be a list. I think a headline like "Ec
by rebuilder 7y ago
Maybe people like the listicle format because it promises to be quickly digested.
Actually, I wonder if it even needs to be a list. I think a headline like "Economics explained in 20 words" would be attractive in the same way. If it was 100 words, I doubt it would work as well, even though both headlines would be obviously absurd.
What's going on, there?
- ghaff 7y agoAttention spans are definitely down. I know I read a lot more shorter format myself. And there's actually a lot of data on it. I certainly don't feel compelled to write for SEO or eyeballs. But easy and quick doesn't need to mean bad and is often OK for day-to-day stuff. Most things I publish are in the 800-1000 word range. These days I'll tend to go multi-part rather than the 3K-5K stuff I used to do fairly routinely.
- vkou 7y agoThere's nothing wrong with the listicle format, but as another poster described, the problem with 'X myths about Y' is that they tell you that the myth is wrong... Without telling you what is right.
- domnomnom 7y agoI'm thinking it's not linear, ordered, etc. So the list works.