Most read stories on slippedisc.com
NewsThere has been a renewed spatter of comments accusing this site of fomenting clickbait, which appears to be a means of attracting readers to stories of no value.
A quick look at our most-read stories this week should nail that silly misconception.
These are the top runners:
1 Tensions simmer in London concert audience
2 Death of countertenor James Bowman
3 Music director unelected in Cologne
4 Jonas Kaufmann interview
5 Martha Argerich record review
… and so on.
Enjoy.
Isn’t it a pity? Nothing with miss Wang!?
Maybe not any specific post, but with 3 updates of Yuja every week it definitely ends up top on total clicks
like when two actors of the same film are in competition at the Oscars.
“death of major US composer” (who nobody has heard of). You trying to say you never do this Norman?
Simon, you might need to expand your horizons. Start by brushing up on US composers.
American composers are like Nigerian ski slopes. Of little interest (except for the odd Nigerian ski enthusiasts ).
Harry, see Norman’s comment above.
Thank you for taking time to research the statistics as well as gather information for Slipped Disc. Plus, you write books and discuss them on book tours. We all tend to view topics from different perspectives. Medici TV has a monthly list of most popular performances. You have a diverse audience, so it would be informative to see what interests them.
Oh keep it up, sir. We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t like the topics and the sparring.
Why is clickbait such a pejorative term? The website depends on advertising revenue and advertising revenue depends on clicks.
Whilst I am not a great fan of his opinions, I think that NL treads a fine line in his headlines. It’s very much in his interest to do so.
If he makes the headlines more sensational than the story deserves, SD followers will desert him. Ditto if he makes them too bland. Either way will cost him advertising revenue.
Perseverantia ad finem optatum.
“Clickbait” is a popular way of describing effective, attention-grabbing headlines among people who are incapable of writing them.
The headline for no.3 was ‘Exclusive: Cologne names new maestro without consulting musicians.’
Clickbait doesn’t mean that the story has no value; it is about whether or not the headline misleads or misinforms in order to attract readers to the story. If the headline had been ‘Orozco-Estrada appointed Kapellmeister in Cologne’ that would not have been clickbait (except for AO-E fans or detractors), but it might not have aroused the same interest.
It’s not so much the headlines, but the denigration of certain performers because of their frequent cancellations due to illness (singers and maestros), or the length of their dresses (you know who) accompanied by a
provocative photo. BTW, Kaufmann is a marvelous singer, and the pianist who gets the most grief, here, is a magnificent musician and technician, Yuga Wan.
Perhaps it’s a sign that people would rather read interesting musical content than culture-war-stoking anti-BBC rants?
Norman‘s headline for number 4 is a typical example of this clickbait thing. Re Jonas Kaufmann, the headline suggests he is talking of JK, therefore reeling in Jonas’s fans and his detractors. So clicking on , up for the fight! Finding that it is Jonas‘s description of Tannhauser.
What happened to the podcasts with Rainer Hersch, Norman?
They just stopped… no explanation?
Time pressure. We hope to resume soon.