5 Reasons Why I Don't Do Listicles
I don't generally write listicles because I don't enjoy that form of post. Without being too burdensome on readers, let me list five reasons I don't.
- They are shallow and, hence, easy for readers to digest — why would I want my reading to be easy? I want it to be dense. After all, if you write to prove your smartness, you make it less readable. Right?
- More people read them — again, why would I want more readers? I want very few readers. That's why I even stopped posting micro-posts. The introvert that I am, why would I wish people read what I wrote?
- They are easy to write — why would I want to write something easy? If you just do the easy things, then when will you do the hard things? Right? Right?
- Every point on the list can be thought about independently, making it easy to share. Again, I think I have established in point 2 above that I do not want more readers. So, why even make sharing easy?
- A point can be completely filler, in no way related to the title, and still remain part of a listicle. Everything goes as long as it helps put a good round number in the title.
Listicles are written for the title and I haven't mastered the title's game.