Yes, aggregation of smaller loads adds a degree of complexity, but not enough to explain the gorilla-scale size of the gap.

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Both employ some degree of crowdsourcing, Wiki more than HuffPo, and aggregation, HuffPo more than Wiki, but they both rely heavily on readership whims.

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