[Cringing Negativism Network]

Chichen Itza might be beautiful and interesting, but there’s simply no way it’s more of (anything) than Angkor Wat in Cambodia — one of the candidates which did not win. Because of course, there aren’t a lot of cell phones or broadband connections in Phnom Penh for voters to participate.

This was an elaborate publicity stunt. Appropriate it came out the same day as Al Gore’s concerts, IMHO.

[Stoat]

Chichen Itza might be beautiful and interesting, but there’s simply no way it’s more of (anything) than Angkor Wat in Cambodia — one of the candidates which did not win. Because of course, there aren’t a lot of cell phones or broadband connections in Phnom Penh for voters to participate.

This was an elaborate publicity stunt. Appropriate it came out the same day as Al Gore’s concerts, IMHO.

Agreed.  As I've said previously, it's unfortunate that this new list has no intellectual or academic standing.  Probably similar to what you'd get if you were to take a worldwide internet / cellphone poll on "What is the best work of literature ever?".  "Harry Potter" would likely top the list, with second place being "What's a book?" and third being The Communist Manifesto.  Having legions of teenagers with nothing to do pressing "refresh" and "enter" on a website's voting page for hours on end now has the ability to make news.