Lists of Links = Waste of My Time

Darren Barefoot put words to something I’ve been thinking for a long time, and much more eloquently than I could have done. The only good thing about link list posts that I come across in my news reader is that I know I can safely ignore them, and I won’t be missing a thing. As Darren puts it, if you can’t be bothered to write something significant about the link you’re showing me, I can be sure that it’s of no interest to me anyway. So don’t bother.

The funny thing is that from what I understand, these list posts can be very popular, particularly if they are themed in some way. So obviously Darren and I are in the minority on this one. And since there’s no point putting out a plea for everyone to stop creating link lists, I’ll simply state that I’m not reading them. That’s all! :-)

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One Response to “Lists of Links = Waste of My Time”

  • Jeroen Says:
    September 6th, 2005 at

    I agree with you that most link list are boring. There are however some lists of which I know that more than 50% is interesting for me; these are the only ones I subscribe to.

    I also have my own link list, but that serves mainly as a searchable knowlegde base of information I might once want to read again. I don’t expect anybody to read it.