The Minutiae
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by ZtSolis
"A contest among fools has no winner."
I have encountered the redundancy and the asininity of some articles that have been protruding beyond the need of interest.
Thus, I will list five major factors, that I have noticed, to have been goading people to vote and subscribe for either good or imbecilic articles.
#1: Advertisement
(Personally linking newspapers to known and well-voted articles, and all sorts of advertising are also considered)
Probably due to boredom and the so called "power" of multimedia advertisements, even the most insane of articles get a vote or a subscription. Need I say more?
#2: Candor
It is quite amusing that the most outspoken and blunt journalists irregardless of being a public enemy or a public sweetheart, votes and subscriptions are inevitable. I guess vague people are just too difficult to get?
#3: Simplicity
People are either idiots or they just want to keep things simple (or something else). Using outlandish words such as minutiae, or pusillanimity, and so on is not a good style (I know... I use them). Keeping things on the down low is somewhat more attractive and less intense (of course).
#4: Photos (other Multimedia)
Of course, what else can be better than a hot girl in a bikini or a cute cat used as a photo heading or a complimentary photo. Although, I do admit that a hot woman can gather more votes and subscriptions compared to a cute animal.
#5: Intelligence and Information
No matter what, info articles of all sorts, discourses, creative writings, and intelligent articles do get "some" votes and subscriptions.
As always, as I have been obliged since I started this newspaper, my rhetorical question is...
Are we idiots?
-- ZtSolis, editor-in-chief, The Daily Denial
Comments, votes, and subscriptions are indefinitely and magnanimously appreciated. 🙂
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Unless you change that picture to a hot girl you're not getting my vote. Also you should try advertising this article more and while you're at make the article blunt and offensive to someone. Don't stop there you should also use less words and more pictures,like a kangaroo fighting a koala.
I voted.. that cake is hot
Indeed, I find the cake hotter than a female in a bikini. LOL
@ Vetka, thanks for the advice, but Id rather not follow to keep my "originality". Hahaha, it was my excuse for "I am too stingy to spend my money for advertising... As if I have some."
If you are interested however, you can endorse me with your own finances. Thanks for the comments nonetheless! 😉
Yes, we are. Voted and subscribed.
Voted and subscribed. That cake is irresistible.
😃
Empty whining 🙂
And simple language is good in an international game because most people all over the world simply do not understand "minutiae" and can;t even find it in basic online dictionaries. I learn new fancy vocabluary whil reading XKCD, but to raise in my eyes to be worth googling You'r journal needs more then whining I'm an idiot 🙂
@ Mars, I am afraid to say that a simple presentation of what one has noticed is not "whining". The rhetorical question was to ask ourselves whether why there is such a delusion that we are goaded by those factors that we cannot resist in commenting, voting, or subscribing. Once again, thanks so much for the comments and votes and for the nice person who endorsed my newspaper using his/her financial prowess. Kudos!
And to top that, after that nice person advertised my newspaper, the votes, comments and subscriptions did indeed go up! Pointing out that my hypothesis has been proven by the nice endorser.
Also, do not worry, I myself am a victim of advertisements. Who can resist them? 🙂
The cake is a lie!
"Are we idiots?" Hell Yea! great article though, i started a paper ages ago but gave up when nobody read and everyone got confused by my frequent use of qords over 6 syllables...
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/recent-elections1-884278/1/20#comments" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/rece[..]ments
Voted! XD