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RegTheHedgeRegTheHedge Posts: 2,794
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The DM gets nothing but negative press (pun intended) on DM

Yet it gets well over 100 million hits each month online and is actually the world's most popular newspaper website.

This all seems a bit contradictory


Why the huge divergence in popularity ?
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,270
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    RegTheHedge wrote: »
    The DM gets nothing but negative press (pun intended) on DM

    Yet it gets well over 100 million hits each month online and is actually the world's most popular newspaper website.

    This all seems a bit contradictory


    Why the huge divergence in popularity ?

    People like a guilty pleasure. People are sheep. People are stupid. People have no taste.

    Probably all of the above.
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    PootmatootPootmatoot Posts: 15,640
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    People all like to look at a carcrash, but no-one "likes" carcrashes.
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    Compton_scatterCompton_scatter Posts: 2,711
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    The DM site is my fave site by far. It's the first site I log onto when I go online and is positioned first in my bookmark tool bar!
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,270
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    Compton_scatter wrote: »
    The DM site is my fave site by far. It's the first site I log onto when I go online and is positioned first in my bookmark tool bar!

    That's probably not the best thing to admit around here :D
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    Dwight WrightDwight Wright Posts: 1,572
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    Pictures of women in bikinis
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,800
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    RegTheHedge wrote: »
    The DM gets nothing but negative press (pun intended) on DM

    Yet it gets well over 100 million hits each month online and is actually the world's most popular newspaper website.

    This all seems a bit contradictory


    Why the huge divergence in popularity ?


    ...the jeremy forrest peodo stuff is a little inane,and it loads a little slow,but regards other tabloids online,it doesn't have a lot of competition..if you engage your brain and sift through the shite,it's really not that bad
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    Green ThingGreen Thing Posts: 1,885
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    there's nothing wrong with reading the website... But paying for it is another matter
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    ChickenWingsChickenWings Posts: 2,057
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    The DM website and newspaper are two completely different beasts -- there's some cross over, of course, but the reason the DM website is so popular is because it is full of showbiz stuff/celebrity gossip/entertainment related dross - it is popular for the same reason as Digital Spy and TMZ etc. are. There are lots of people on the Internet who like looking at pictures of topless celebrities on the beach, or reading the latest TOWIE gossip and such like.

    There's a lot of entertainment/showbiz stuff in the paper version as well, but quite naturally, people will choose to peruse it for free online through their website rather than pay to see the pictures/read the content in a paper copy. The people who buy the paper are probably doing it for different reasons -- more than likely they think the DM is a "proper" newspaper with "proper" content...
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    Vast_GirthVast_Girth Posts: 9,793
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    I hate the daily mail. Its awful, incendiary, racist, nasty, young girl perving, woman hating, scaremongering, bullshitting, right wing gutterpress that harks back to to a time that never existed and is a blight on society in general.

    I still read the website nearly every day though.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,800
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    Green Thing wrote: »
    there's nothing wrong with reading the website... But paying for it is another matter


    ...true..i used to read the times when it was gratis..when it went down the subscription road,it was a real bummer
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    DianaFireDianaFire Posts: 12,711
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    Tabloids always sell more than broadsheets. They're written to be easy to understand and contain the kind of celeb news (who's got cellulite, and so forth) that is consumed by people who like that sort of thing. DM also targets US audiences by including stuff of US interest. It's not a conundrum to me at all - it's designed to appeal to a low common denominator much like Saturday night TV does.
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    ChickenWingsChickenWings Posts: 2,057
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    fish_mitten wrote: »
    ...true..i used to read the times when it was gratis..when it went down the subscription road,it was a real bummer

    The Daily Mail website isn't behind a pay wall, it's still free as of right now. So how it became a real bummer when it went down the subscription road, I have no idea... as it didn't go down the subscription road :confused:
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,182
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    I'll admit it, I like the layout and the mind numbing celebrity gossip (half of which I have no idea who they are) but I basically take it with a skip full of salt.
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    PootmatootPootmatoot Posts: 15,640
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    ChickenWings wrote: »
    The Daily Mail website isn't behind a pay wall, it's still free as of right now. So how it became a real bummer when it went down the subscription road, I have no idea... as it didn't go down the subscription road :confused:

    Ho ho...
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    ShrikeShrike Posts: 16,607
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    The huge main page shouldn't work - but it does. Its easy to pick stories out of it that on other, more "worthy", sites are pugged away on subpages.
    I know a lot of Americans and other nationalities read it, its a shame as the DM rarely paints the UK in a good light.
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    Raquelos.Raquelos. Posts: 7,734
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    ChickenWings wrote: »
    The Daily Mail website isn't behind a pay wall, it's still free as of right now. So how it became a real bummer when it went down the subscription road, I have no idea... as it didn't go down the subscription road :confused:

    The Times went down the subscription route, not The Mail, that's what the poster's saying is a real bummer. :)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,800
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    ChickenWings wrote: »
    The Daily Mail website isn't behind a pay wall, it's still free as of right now. So how it became a real bummer when it went down the subscription road, I have no idea... as it didn't go down the subscription road :confused:



    ...read again,properly this time,and you'll see the words " i used to read the times " in my post :) hate it when that happens
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    BungitinBungitin Posts: 5,356
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    It has world-wide followers, unfortunately.

    :confused::eek::mad::o
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    ChickenWingsChickenWings Posts: 2,057
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    Raquelos. wrote: »
    The Times went down the subscription route, not The Mail, that's what the poster's saying is a real bummer. :)

    Oh right! Gotcha.

    Sorry fishy mitten. I couldn't/didn't read your post properly. Think it might have been your unique "style" of typing! :D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,800
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    ChickenWings wrote: »
    Oh right! Gotcha.

    Sorry fishy mitten. I couldn't/didn't read your post properly. Think it might have been your unique "style" of typing! :D


    ...apology accepted..we all make mistakes
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,270
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    Shrike wrote: »
    The huge main page shouldn't work - but it does. Its easy to pick stories out of it that on other, more "worthy", sites are pugged away on subpages.
    I know a lot of Americans and other nationalities read it, its a shame as the DM rarely paints the UK in a good light.

    Oh yes, during that thing about the Rihanna piece. I saw people on sites like EW and CNN saying comments with the word "journalism" next to the words "Daily Mail"
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    BungitinBungitin Posts: 5,356
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    Because of the DM a lot of Americans think we are a Muslim client state just short of wearing burkas. No go areas and sharia law everywhere.
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    Finny SkeletaFinny Skeleta Posts: 2,638
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    Bungitin wrote: »
    It has world-wide followers, unfortunately.

    :confused::eek::mad::o

    Yep, and superficially it looks like a real newspaper rather than the tabloid trash it really is so it gets more credence on the international market.

    If someone gets a link to a site like the Daily Star or the National Enquirer then they can tell it's going to be junk before the page has finished loading but the Mail has put a veneer of real journalism on top of their junk that people unaccustomed to their ways - the international market - have trouble seeing through.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,800
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    Finny Skeleta wrote: »
    Yep, and superficially it looks like a real newspaper rather than the tabloid trash it really is so it gets more credence on the international market.

    If someone gets a link to a site like the Daily Star or the National Enquirer then they can tell it's going to be junk before the page has finished loading but the Mail has put a veneer of real journalism on top of their junk that people unaccustomed to their ways - the international market - have trouble seeing through.



    ... patronising much :)..not all foreigners are retarded
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    malpascmalpasc Posts: 9,641
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    I read the Daily Mail online because it is hilarious. Seriously, the level of "journalism" is so low it is laughable. The "have your say" things at the bottom of the articles veer from the downright funny to the downright mental mouth-frothing "little Englander" Angry Of Tunbridge Wells.

    Its so bad its good. I find myself being unable to resist reading the comments even though some of them will drive me nuts. :eek::D
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