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Dear Gwern, I very much appreciate everything you write. Your blog is in my top 3 quality blogs, nay, if not top 1! But the posts are long. It's not something
by fiskkastanj 13y ago
Dear Gwern, I very much appreciate everything you write. Your blog is in my top 3 quality blogs, nay, if not top 1!
But the posts are long. It's not something I say proudly, but often I read the first 3 pages but then lose focus and willpower. Maybe it's because English is my second language, maybe it's because there's so much to do in a day.
Not saying dumb-down. But if say 15% of readings end like they sometimes do for me, that's a big loss. Both for your reach and for the readers, who like me fail to get all the good stuff in there.
So as a fan giving feedback: a bit terser would not be wrong. I'm trying, and I'm using programs that let me 'save' my progress in a long text and get back after a coffee, but it's sometimes hard.
(Ironically, this is a big-ass 4 paragraph comment, haha)
- gwern 13y agoI'm not sure what I can do about that. My posts aren't long (I think) because I spend a ton of space using sesquidealian and periphastic circumlocutions; what is there to cut?
- ChristianMarks 13y agoNot to mention paralipsis.