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Similar in concept to progressive refinement when transmitting images. It would be great if more blog posts took that approach.
by alanbernstein 5y ago
Similar in concept to progressive refinement when transmitting images. It would be great if more blog posts took that approach.
- sdsgyynr 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_(journalism) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_(journalism) Progressive refinement is perhaps a bit more similar to another concept, linked to from that page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_approach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_approach
- masklinn 5y ago> It would be great if more blog posts took that approach But of course the incentives ensure it’s not the case: for a newssheet, the goal is to get the reader to buy the sheet, once they have you’re happy. For online properties however you need time-on-site and ad impressions, so the longer you make the reader linger the more money you have. Therefore clickbait headlines resolved as late as possible, with as much pointless fluff in the middle as feasible.