01-07-2020, 02:54 AM
(01-07-2020, 02:23 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: Media? Y'all know these lists aren't real, right? They're generated pretty much at random by an aggregator just to get you to click on the other stuff on the page.
We're seeing this one because we spend our time on the interwebs looking at motorcycle stuff, so the aggregator points us to a motorcycle-related "top-ten" list, knowing that we'll click on it.
I'm in the automotive industry, so I always get the "Most men can't name these engine parts" list. Knowing that my manhood has just been challenged, they know I'll click on it.
My wife is in the medical world, so she usually gets the "Top Ten Things Your Doctor Won't Tell You" list. She reads it and starts ranting "There's no way that a doctor wrote this!"
No honey, a doctor didn't write that.
I didn't notice the advertisements. The layout was quite scroll-able without distraction - at least for me. Maybe I shouldn't have said that ... now they will put back the slideshow layout.
I focused on the images and the commentary, generated and otherwise. The take-away is the opportunity to review the review, compare reader's history against the "writer's" perspective (regardless of the possibility that little is authentic), and enjoy reflection of the images. This Forum continues to do its part of reviewing, calling out and express a spectrum of opinions regarding the bikes, the review (or lack thereof).
I still think there is value calling out the review since it is pretty stark (or more correctly, dubious), and hence, the reason for the post. Some Forum members have expressed this, and is in part, an expected response.
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I will add your response, in part, is the value this thread facilitates.