I like the Merriweather font on her blog, very easy to read. This is now my fav serif font. The #444444 color helps too. I suppose she's a book historian - she knows what she's doing in that regard. I wish more bloggers knew the value of not making text completely black on white.
On the topic, what more can be said? She's spot on with "don’t confuse popularity with engagement." It's not just special collections that end up as entertaining "wink wink nudge nudge nudge" content currency, but pretty much anything. Social media eats it, processes it, and spits it out as trivialised "what's new" click-bait. On the flip side, maybe that's exactly what social media users want/expect/enjoy. A sort of intellectual breakfast pic, anything more serious doesn't belong.
On the topic, what more can be said? She's spot on with "don’t confuse popularity with engagement." It's not just special collections that end up as entertaining "wink wink nudge nudge nudge" content currency, but pretty much anything. Social media eats it, processes it, and spits it out as trivialised "what's new" click-bait. On the flip side, maybe that's exactly what social media users want/expect/enjoy. A sort of intellectual breakfast pic, anything more serious doesn't belong.