Ah, a topic after my own heart. I find myself falling into this trap at least once a week: "6 Frugal Foods", "24 Good Finance Books", "8 Ways to Shampoo Your Hair for Cheap". The thing is, some posts work best as lists, and these posts get FAR more attention when the titles tout a number and a sensational claim. It's a sure way to get more attention, actually.

But you're right that many times these sorts of posts are lazy. I, too, would much rather see a person explore each item in her list one at a time.

Fortunately (or not), I'm a verbose little bugger, and don't use lists too often...

Geeks like lists. Nobody is forcing you to go through these lists; at least I hope not.

where are your other nine reasons? *grin*

I think the problem is that we're just bombarded with too much email. These titles would be much more interesting if we didn't see 100 or more every day. Don't you think?

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