Facebook executive: Your News Feed will likely be “all video” in 5 years

Re:Facebook executive: Your News Feed will likely be “all vi... by kpil on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @04:03PM (#11904899)

Skimming a text seems to be a skill that is on the decline.

I thought that videos presenting a tool or library was a fad, but now I suspect that watching a video is actually faster and more convenient than reading a text, for a lot of young people.

This concerns me a bit, since it is very time inefficient. I can skim a whole book in a minute. Webpages are harder, but still much quicker than waiting for some schmuck droning on and on in a video.

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Re:Facebook executive: Your News Feed will likely be “all vi... by vorotato on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @06:41PM (#11912689)

The new crop of young people actually read more than previous generations.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/millen...

http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/09/10/younger-americans-and-...

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Re:Facebook executive: Your News Feed will likely be “all vi... by zig on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @09:43AM (#11909258)

Do you know of any resources or tips to improve skimming skills? I am impressed that you can skim a book in a minute (even skimming a sentence or two per chapter might take longer than that for me).

I've been trying to improve my reading speed - I feel like it's actually degraded over time - but I don't know that I am making much progress.

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Re:Facebook executive: Your News Feed will likely be “all vi... by kpil on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @02:36PM (#11911097)

I guess just read a lot of books, and keep doing it for several years. I learned to read when I was four, so I can't really remember, but I don't think I've gotten any faster since I was 16 or so. At that time I think I read for at least one hour, more or less every night.

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