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The Web's obsession with numbering

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July 22, 2009 11:56 pm
By Sheila Lennon

Scanning social bookmarking sites Digg and Delicious tonight, I'm boggled. Why does it matter how many?

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Is it better with numbers? If you can count them?

Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing here.

Later: One more, via Metafilter (with great comments), although I might have pointed this out without the number: From the Guardian, 100 easiest, fastest recipes. Ever. What's not to like (except that these chefs are way too fond of things we don't ever have on hand, such as cipollotto di tropea, watercress, rose harissa, mimolette cheese...)?

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