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Quartz.com is a responsive design content site, and a journalist seems baffled by this fact

Feb 11, 2014 story titled Does it matter that mobile-native Quartz has a mobile-minority audience?

Another idiotic piece of journalism. From the title, it would seem that Quartz must only receive about 10 to 20 percent of its traffic from mobile users (tablet and phone).

From the boneheaded story:

A year ago [2013], around 30 percent of its unique visitors arrived at fast-growing Quartz on mobile devices; its latest three-month average stood at 41 percent.

11 percent growth in mobile traffic in 12 months. What's the problem? Those numbers seem similar to many media or content sites. It's not as if most sites are averaging 70 percent traffic from mobile users.

And remember, Quartz could still be considered a startup because it has only existed for 18 months!!

As traffic increases, and more people use their phones to read content, Quartz

#moronism - #mobile - #media - #design - #startup

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