Monday, November 29, 2010

What topics do people want to read about?

70 comments:

  1. People want to read about things that are out of the ordinary and controversies.

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  2. People want to read about things that they can relate to, or that interst them.

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  3. I want to read about whatever yahoo offers me when I go to that site. They have interesting stories with a wide variety

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  4. People want to read about controversal topics and about different things they are interested in such as politics, sports, music, etc.

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  5. People want to read about things that do not happen everday or about things that could effect them.

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  6. People want to read about topics that interest them. Interesting topics usually deal with something that the reader cares about.

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  7. people want to read about things that directly effect their own lives. For example if something took place in lincoln that is big news, people in lincoln will be more interested in that rather than a big story in Califonia.

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  8. It seems today that people want to read about things that encompass them or have to do with other people's misery. For instacne, one of the biggest things on Yahoo World News is the bombing and ensuing new World War that could break out at any second between N. and S. Korea.

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  9. People want to read about things that either benefit them, or relate to them in some way, most of the time. Some of the time people want to hear stories about things that dont relate to them in any way, just because its different.

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  10. People want to read good things. But they enjoy reading bad things.

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  11. People want to read about what happens in everyday life and how it affects them personally. Also i agree with ryan on that they want to read about controversies.

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  12. A lot of popular news stories have to do with celebrities and politics. People like to read about celebrities for controversies and to see what it is like in "the good life" as some call it. Politics are popular to read about because politics has an effect on all people and they want to know what is going to change in their lives.

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  13. People want to read about controversies, celebrities, polotics, unusual topics, government events and laws, and events that are happening close to them or really far away.

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  14. People want to read about what is going on in the world. That way they dont become hermits and hide themselves from the universe.

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  15. People differ on want people want to read. Someone might want to read something that may be from the local area, Celebrities, HOme inporvement. Tales of survival, Death and many other stuff. It all depends on the taste of the reader

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  16. I agree with Ryan, people want to read about controversial things that stir up trouble.

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  17. It is different for all readers becasue some might want to read about sports and others might want to read about polotics.

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  18. People like anything that has war and violence, even if its ugly. When they see articles like "Car Bomb slaughters 50 in Iraq", they are likely to read it. To them, its like watching a horror movie

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  19. people like to read about intersting storys that would get the readers attention ,understanding what there reading and visulazing what they read.

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  20. Also, people want to read about things before they hit the news channels so they have one part of a story before the other.

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  21. I agree with everyone because we all pretty much have the same idea of what interests people

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  22. I say that anything having to do with world events are a big deal. Also any historical mysteries that are solved are also welcomed on the part of readers.

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  23. I agree with Jerzy about how people want to read about good things but love reading about bad things.

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  24. I think that people like to read about celebrities to get a break from their own lives.

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  25. I strongly agree with Shounak. If you see som sort of tragedy in the news then your probably going to read that.

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  26. Zach, it is not to do with other peoples's misery. South Korea has been a long time ally to the U.S. and North Korea has been a threat for a long time. This is a throwback to the Korean War, when North Korea attacked the south about sixty years ago.

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  27. People want to read about scandel and celebrity and stuff that is happening around the world, such as tragedy.

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  28. I agree with D. Lambert Because yahoo is very widely spread out around the world and there something most people want to read.

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  29. I agree with @Ryan Connor, people want to read about things that "blow their minds"!

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  31. Also people will read topics that they are interested in. If sombody is very interested in sports and a big scientiific discovery is found, that person will be more attracted to a sports article.

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  32. People like to read bad things to make themself fell better. and people like to read good things to fell safe.

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  33. I agree with ryan. People like to read about other peoples successes and want to know what their lives are like. Another people are attracted to are the negative things that occur. Anything that has do with crime, war, or the mistakes of someone attract people's attention and people want to read about them.

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  34. I agree with jaclyn that a big topic to talk about is tragedy.

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  35. Obviously what type of person your talking about will decide what sort of stories they want to read.

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  36. People like to read about things that are happening now and things that are extravagent. I couldn't agree more with Devin on Yahoo because that is the site I use for my email and everytime I go to Yahoo, the articles they have are always up to date and are interesting.

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  37. Jerzy, I think the reason people want to read good stuff but love the bad stuff is because there is so much violence in the world that people can only find tragic stories but crave feel-good success stories due to the overload of bad news.

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  38. A decent amount of people also want to hear about celebrities and the things that they do. Some people can be obsessed with the lives of famous people and always want to read articles about them.

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  39. I agree with Jerzy, world events usually stand out and people like to read bad news.

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  40. @Madie i do the same thing. Read something in the newspaper to make me. Like if someone dies. I remember: Thank god i still i'm alive.

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  41. I personally will read about anything that tells a good story, and basically bags on someone else. Those are the best stories in my oppinion, because there never boring, and you always learn something

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  42. I agree with Andrew VEIGA. Everyone basically said that people like to read about either controversies, politics, sports, war and violence, and celebrities depending on their taste.

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  43. i agree with tyge, yahoo updates their news every like 2 hours.

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  44. However, people also like those "feel-good" stories like when a kid with a disabilities or a disease or a cute pupppy ends up a hero by saving peoples lives or somthing

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  45. What people want to read about are unimportant things, like drama and celebrity gossip and irrelevant to the world around us. People want to read about things that spark their interest. Some people like to read about world wide news, but most people like to know whats going on closer to home, or their home town.

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  46. People want to read about ways to get ahead in life.

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  47. People also want to read about what is happening in Hollywood. They want to hear what celebrities are doing and wearing.

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  48. I agree with devin, different people like different things.

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  49. Polotics are a big part of news and people always wants to hear about what there country or state is doing.

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  50. people also like to read about new and upcoming things like new technology or a new brand of clothing and they also like to read about their favorite teams.

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  51. I agree with John. Everyone might have a good idea of what most people would want to read, but in the end it all comes down to what the reader is interested in.

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  52. People love to read about publicity and how celebrities live their lives.

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  53. Shounak that is a terrific and valid point. A good "feel good" story is never boring.

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  54. people like to read things that are recent as well. I agree with aislinn, yahoo updates their front page with news all the time, because thats what people want.

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  55. Why do we want to read these things?

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  56. i agree with ryan agreeing with Veiga, those are the main topics that interest people and pretty much anything not along those lines is usually not big news.

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  57. I agree with Jessica because the celebrities are always in the news.

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  58. People clearly want to read about the T-rex. Who wouldn't want a car like that?

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  59. The ocassional feel-good story is also a good topic that people want to hear about. A story like this can lift a person's feelings and it shows the good side of life.

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  60. Also, people like to read about what happens in sports. Beyond the celebrities and what not, is the thing that brings peope together, sports.

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  61. On the contrary, people do not care about boring stuff like a cat in a tree. They want to hear about bombings and wars because people in this world are just naturally sick.

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  62. Also agree with marissa (walsh) on the fact that people love to read about celebrities and gossip, and tabloids and everything the paparazzi gets news on.

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  63. People want to read things that have something to do with their life. They do not want to hear about things that they cannot relate to, because it will not interest them.

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  64. I agree with marissa. Although things can be intersting from history, it is not generally important to most people. Although this is true, both recent and historical news could influence a peron's life.

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