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Is there a name for this writing style? I remember writing essays in school padded with a lot of babble, just because there was a word limit. As an adult, anyo
by emerongi 8y ago
Is there a name for this writing style?
I remember writing essays in school padded with a lot of babble, just because there was a word limit. As an adult, anyone who writes like this is just wasting my time. It's low information density.
- swingline-747 8y agoCopy-writers' job security and greater eyeball time to sell ads. Succinct or GTFO. ;)
- thecatspaw 8y agoits long form journalism excerpt from wikipedia > Typically this will be between 1,000 and 20,000 words. Long-form articles often take the form of creative nonfiction or narrative journalism.
- ianai 8y agoLong form journalism conveys an equally large amount of information as length. Articles like this just add fluff - anecdotes and tangential subjects that don’t add meaningful contextual value.
- pixelrevision 8y agoWell there’s “click bait”. The headline does not match up with the content at all. The article is about insomnia, the headline is about a cure.
- barking 8y agoThere's this new cure for insomnia and everybody is saying the same thing about it!
- diegoperini 8y agoThe cure is reading the article.