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This maybe just an anecdotal conjecture, but I've noticed this a lot lately with many news sites. It seems that with the advent of social media and smart phones
by robohoe 5y ago
This maybe just an anecdotal conjecture, but I've noticed this a lot lately with many news sites. It seems that with the advent of social media and smart phones, our attention spans have drastically shortened. Now all the articles have paragraphs that are 2-3 sentences long.
- Wistar 5y agoIn between which are often gratuitous photos and ads.
- xmprt 5y agoI think if anything, you need a longer attention span to read articles like this. I can no longer quickly skim through an article to get the gist. Instead I have to read every single "paragraph" because there's no way to know which ones are worth reading. That's much slower and requires much more attention.
- iainctduncan 5y agoexactly. It's a totally misguided style. I guess it's supposed to make it easier to read, but instead (to me) it makes it absolutely painful. In my mind's ear I hear this giant Captain Kirk dramatic pause after each sentence. So bad.