Popularity Is Not Legitimacy
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — April 16, 2026, 17:35 PHST The modern internet treats popularity as a proxy for value. What is clicked, shared, linked, and lingered over is assumed to be what matters most. This assumption underlies how information is surfaced, prioritized, and effectively endorsed across the web. It is also one of the most…









