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13++ More 🤯 Amazing 😍Tips for writing listicles [that will 🧨 blow people away]

GrahamTheDev on June 21, 2021

Don't forget to bookmark this post so you can read it later. Oh and make sure to share it on social media, leave a like, add a comment, subscribe t...
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Temani Afif

actually you made a big mistake by making a series. listicle articles should have 0 relation between each other for SEO purpose and also to make it hard for people to find them.
Actually it's easy for people to bookmark only one post to find all the others (you lost reactions) or even worse, they can simply save the page of the serie (dev.to/inhuofficial/series/13332) where you cannot get any reactions at all!.

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GrahamTheDev

Don’t encourage any more of this madness it is your fault there is a second entry! 🤣🤣

“Thanks for reading”

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Temani Afif

it's called the "listicle syndrome". Once you start you cannot stop. It's like a drug. The more you do, the more you need to do more. Sorry for you but starting from the second listicle it's now hard to stop.
You think I am doing my 100 collection for fun! no, it's now an addiction 😬😬I just wanted to do only one collection where I will put everything but now it's too late, I am good for 1000 probably ... 😩

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GrahamTheDev

Somehow didn't get a notification for this comment!

Do we need to join LA (Listicles Anonymous), I will be your support partner if I get cured first!

The biggest problem I foresee is that normally they have a 12 step programme...we will end up making it 13 steps so it is a prime number and relapse!

"Thanks for Reading"

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Temani Afif

no there is no Listicles Anonymous because if you write listicles you become well known ! so we all know each other.

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GrahamTheDev • Edited

Crap, that logical is infallible...guess I am now doomed to listicle syndrome then.

.1. Thanks
.2. For
Bonus: Reading

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GrahamTheDev • Edited

I know, I know I said no more shit posts...you can blame @afif and @madsstoumann for this as they made some good suggestions on the last post.

To be clear I am not acknowledging them (point 1) for helping with this post...don't want to break my own rules now do I?

I am not even going to promise I won't release another shit post now as they just keep coming to me (perhaps that is where my talent lies...my useful posts get 0 views, my shit posts get loads!)

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Mads Stoumann

Some famous developer (I forgot who!), recently wrote on Twitter, that when he writes some clever stuff about JavaScript: 200 views – while a small video of his dog doing something crazy: 8000 views (can't remember the numbers, but you get the point!)!

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GrahamTheDev

Hence why I put the cat GIF in this one, got to get the “awww kitty” shares!

“Thanks for reading”

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Ingo Steinke, web developer

Bonus Tip 4: include a controversial statement or a claim that is apparently factually wrong, so that people just have to reply to correct and contradict you (also known as "trolling" 👺 or "starting a flame war" 🔥⚔️)

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GrahamTheDev

Oh god, I am going to end up doing another one of these...that one is great!

“Thanks for reading”

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Ingo Steinke, web developer

ROTFL (🤣 Rolling on the Floor Laughing)

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GrahamTheDev

Ingo...you explained your acronym, you need to reread my advice 😜🤣

Sorry I meant to say “thanks for reading”...I can’t follow my own advice!

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Ingo Steinke, web developer

IKR

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GrahamTheDev

Better 😉

“Thanks for reading”

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Maxi Contieri

Jua Jua Jua !

I am guilty !

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GrahamTheDev

“Thanks for reading” 😜

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Ingo Steinke, web developer

Where is the follow-up? FML?!

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Siddharth

Came back to this post, and it completely made my day! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Siddharth

Don't release the new article too soon.

 

Make sure you post every day ✅✅✅