http://weblog.blogads.com/2009/08/25/huffpo-hides-its-skin-fixation/ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:26:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://weblog.blogads.com/2009/08/25/huffpo-hides-its-skin-fixation/comment-page-1/#comment-45754 Zach Seward Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:04:55 +0000 http://weblog.blogads.com/?p=1940#comment-45754 FWIW, I don't doubt your interpretation, but I asked Huffington Post why they switched (thinking I might write a post about it for the Nieman Journalism Lab) and got this statement: "Our Most Popular module has always been based on a combination of factors -- including page views -- and that process has not changed. During our latest redesign, prompted by our recent launch of HuffPost Social News, we decided to put the focus on the number of comments an entry has received as a way of highlighting our community and the increasingly social nature of news, and to encourage community engagement." FWIW, I don’t doubt your interpretation, but I asked Huffington Post why they switched (thinking I might write a post about it for the Nieman Journalism Lab) and got this statement: “Our Most Popular module has always been based on a combination of factors — including page views — and that process has not changed. During our latest redesign, prompted by our recent launch of HuffPost Social News, we decided to put the focus on the number of comments an entry has received as a way of highlighting our community and the increasingly social nature of news, and to encourage community engagement.”

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