There are virtual piles of bad curated lists. And I have a deep dislike for the promoted &quot;news&quot; stories. But I like suggestions at times, especially in some of my weirder topics. &quot;People also read&quot;... or links to other related articles, or sometimes just random interesting links. It isn&#x27;t always that I&#x27;m looking for something specific, just wanting something little to read.<p>This isn&#x27;t a new behavior: People buy newspapers and magazines with a variety of content. Even if they bought it for one article, they tend to read other bits. My grandmother kept readers digests in the bathroom when I was a child... a captive audience will read about anything.<p>The bigger difference is that instead of making money selling the articles and traditional ads, places are making money if you click on the article via ads and other means. Some of the stuff out there is absolute poppycock - but we had tabloids well before the internet. And people believed them. Seems that people should just be advised to use some discernment when they click and read those articles, because of the poppycock that now easily proliferates.