I have never in my life had any patience for those meandering sorts of articles. And yet I eat up novels full of detail, and I have an endless attention span fo

I have never in my life had any patience for those meandering sorts of articles. And yet I eat up novels full of detail, and I have an endless attention span for reading comment sections like this one. At the end of the day, it comes down to what I'm looking for: information or entertainment. When I read a new article (or a recipe, etc.), I do not want to be entertained: I am after specific information. When I read a novel, though, I absolutely do expect to be entertained, so I enjoy all the fluff. When I used to read print magazines and papers, they fell into the "entertainment" category. But when I read on a screen, that's not what I'm after; reading on a screen is an inherently uncomfortable process and better suited to bite-sized chunks.