every media entity and content generator is pimping y'all for attention and promotion but people still don't get it. last few years these lists have went viral... they are meant to generate engagement.
Last few years? Nah, this is an ongoing problem since internet connection became widely accessible to home consumers. Since like late 90s.
Just like back in old days, the internet community would write the most ridiculous nonsense and push their content to the public. Anyone who knows basic SEO and has a decently structured website with decent length articles and certain popular keywords, can potentially garner a quite big audience.
What was that old website....HipHopInfinity? Where nerds would write articles hyping up their wack ass rappers and inserting them into lists of all time greats. Nothing's changed since then, except the bigger budget given to advertise such bad lists.