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I mean, yes, I mostly read things online nowadays, but... I'm still reading, it's just on the computer now.
by Natsu 5y ago
I mean, yes, I mostly read things online nowadays, but... I'm still reading, it's just on the computer now.
- questiondev 5y agothis is what i was thinking, i think it depends on the demographic but overall i heard that reading rates are way higher now due to the internet’s text content. granted reading books are great but i mostly read those online as well or audiobooks in the car
- moffkalast 5y agoI don't think audiobooks are in the reading category, that's more like you know, listening.
- gromitss 5y agoIt’s probably shorter material and from many disparate subjects in a short time?
- bmitc 5y agoLong form things? The longest things I read on the Internet are articles, blog posts, and papers, which are all at most 30 pages.
- silisili 5y agoIf I'm blunt, I rarely read long form things. I've found that most long form things are filler. If you make a movie, people expect 2 hours. If you make a book, people expect 200 pages. Both are generally full of a big amount of filler to meet said metrics.
- petra 5y agoEven with that being true, usually a GOOD non-fiction book will have more depth and value than browsing the internet. And you can skip parts while reading a book.
- silisili 5y agoI definitely agree with this. One thing I've come to find out as I age is how much does -not- exist on the internet. We like to think all the information in the world is here, but a ton only exists in spoken word(folklore?) and in older books few will ever read.
- Natsu 5y agoI'm reading webnovels, including some incredibly long ones that span thousands of chapters, so it's not just listicles or whatever.