Web Critique 12

Website Name:  Black Voices
Operated By:  The Huffington Post
Funded By: The Huffington Post- most likely advertising money

This website is a part of the larger Huffington Post website. They provide a plethora of different articles on things related to black people. I was impressed that they even include many articles on issues in other countries relating to the subject as well. With the typical amount of liberal bias that Huff Post exhibits, however, I wish they would assume a more balanced reporting style. Also I really don’t like the layout of any of the sub-sites on Huff Post. They put different posts into the page as smaller thumbnail pictures with a blurb and title, which in itself is enough to make my eyes strained after a while of scrolling through. In addition, they place thumbnail links to unrelated articles and advertisements on the page too, making it hard to focus in on what you’re actually looking for. They obviously are employing click-bait to get more reads on other articles and advertising traffic, but it makes their website more difficult to read. It also makes the page look disorganized and messy.