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It’s not an article, it’s a slideshow with pictures. Who actually wants to consume information like this?
by smabie 7y ago
It’s not an article, it’s a slideshow with pictures. Who actually wants to consume information like this?
- legitster 7y agoA majority of humans.
- prostheticvamp 7y agoTrue. That’s why powerpoints are so popular. I never stop hearing people rave about watching slideshows. They’re all like, damn, I’d love to get this information in slideshow format.
- asdasdasdasdwd 7y agoOn the other hand give them a 10 page report and they'll put it down and never read it.
- s1artibartfast 7y agoBallpark numbers from google: recommended words per slide: 20 recommended time per slide: 2 minutes Average academic words per page: 600 nobody is sitting through a 10 hour ppt deck either.
- crmrc114 7y agoThanks for that, now cleaning coffee off my monitor. Good laugh. Also: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/23/what-jeff-bezos-learned-from-requiring-6-page-memos-at-amazon.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/23/what-jeff-bezos-learned-from...
- legitster 7y agoI mean, what is Instagram, Tinder, Facebook, etc other than a series of slides?
- floatrock 7y agoVisual photo-processing bandwidth is far higher than reading bandwidth, so in some ways it's the superior way to consume information. It can also far more emotional and evocative, while reading can be more analytical. Why not combine the two? After all, that is literally what advertising does -- give some message with an emotionally-charged visual to reinforce it. I'm not saying this is advertising (though you could make that argument through a cynical lens), I'm saying it's using the same tools that have proven to work so effectively you see you billboards literally anywhere on earth where humans congregate.
- gherkinnn 7y agoI liked it. Fight me.
- runawaybottle 7y agoThe first thing I noticed is that the format grabbed my attention, I liked it too.
- MisterTea 7y agoThe UX is discriminatory against visually impaired people. The layout genuinely hurts my eyes to read. I have vision problems and the continuous picture changes after every sentence is very uncomfortable to view. The contrast changes rapidly from bright to dark or completely black. Then there are light pictures with white text rendered over them. After the first few "slides" I had to close the article. It was too uncomfortable to read. Perhaps you should think before you run with your ableism.
- mopsi 7y agoBland high-contrast sites are discriminatory against people with depressive disorders. I'd kill myself if all information and storytelling came in man page format. So perhaps you should think before you put yourself on a pedestal.
- gherkinnn 7y agoA vast desert of #000 on #fff text is discriminatory towards people with [insert ailment here]. I have [symptoms of ailment] and [selective qualities of format] make me feel uncomfortable. There is no lowest common denominator. Stop moralising.
- mirekrusin 7y agoIt's created by people who like to take pictures, what else would you expect, man page format?