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Thank you. I just couldn't force myself to read through articles that are so padded with fluff.
by briholt 10y ago
Thank you. I just couldn't force myself to read through articles that are so padded with fluff.
- eropple 10y agoWhat you're describing as "fluff", most people describe as "long-form writing." If you're reading purely for brrt-brrt-clank-insert-information-into-meatbot-head, you're missing out.
- dorfsmay 10y agoDifferent learning styles and purposes. Even people I know who enjoy descriptive detailed writing when reading a novel like to-the-point list of facts/arguments when reading news and essays.
- jedmeyers 10y agoOthers might also describe it as "getting paid by the word count".
- rhizome 10y agoYou're high if you think that The Atlantic is some Demand Media/About.com/wikihow content spoo.
- k__ 10y agobullshit. If someone would write an article that long without offtopic infos that would be cool. most of this text is just fluff to stretch out the whole thing without adding anything...
- rhizome 10y agoWhich parts are offtopic?
- tomjen3 10y agoWith few exceptions the long-form articles posted here are all normal articles padded with bullshit, not very in-depth articles. I wouldn't want to read them either.