sign of the Times
At Money-Media, I remember the relentless repetition that we, the tech staff, kept pounding to editorial: “just because someone clicked a link on a snazzy headline doesn’t mean they liked the story. therefore, calculating “most popular” based on hits is invalid.” We referred them to the NYTimes site, where they calculate the top stories based on e-mail forwards and blog references. Clearly, those are better metrics of popular stories.
I actually read that list, too. When I click and read an article, I take a look at that list and see if there’s anything else good to read. Today was an interesting day in that list. It contained news from the last few days, mostly on a specific theme: economic turmoil.
I realize that just because people forward articles a lot doesn’t make their content true. However, it makes it clear that it’s on peoples’ minds, which is something that the fed and the media are denying. Just see for yourself:
