>I wonder if there’s any value to so many words in this day and age with so many other things to read on the internet. There are many books being written every

>I wonder if there’s any value to so many words in this day and age with so many other things to read on the internet. There are many books being written every year, yet the classics remain so -- they aren't pushed away into non-existence. If you have trouble finding the value in the literature blame the author, not the word-count. If the question is 'Does short content generate more hits on the internet?', then undeniably yes.