Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is profound

Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by SerLava on Sunday August 26, 2018 @12:48AM (#17844314)

Absolutely.

I have spent a good amount of time writing and editing professionally. The absolute worst writing happens when someone believes they are owed attention simply because they wrote something.

The gall! Maybe people would skim less if so many writers weren't cramming tomes down our throats to serve their own interests.

Even then, skimming is a fundamental reading skill and I simply cannot imagine how ignorant I would be if I never did it.

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by LanceH on Sunday August 26, 2018 @01:33AM (#17844439)

I really don't even mind tons of extra words. It just seems to be some new style (last 10 years especially) that deliberately avoids touching on the theme as long as possible. Also hard-jumping away from the theme frequently to tell other stories. It's beyond digression or elaboration IMO.

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by newsbinator on Sunday August 26, 2018 @04:37AM (#17844941)

And that's when Steven realized what had been causing the illness in tens of thousands of people for over a decade...

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Two poplar trees stood in the backyard of the house where Steven was born in 1958. Not so much a "back yard" as a "back lawn", one of the trees, nearly 200 years old...

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by SerLava on Sunday August 26, 2018 @10:46AM (#17846142)

Is this a real article or just brilliant satire?

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by TacticalTable on Sunday August 26, 2018 @12:45PM (#17846654)

Seems to be some excellent satire, Google shows this page as the only result for the phrase

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by newsbinator on Sunday August 26, 2018 @10:58PM (#17849183)

I just made it up.

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by LanceH on Sunday August 26, 2018 @02:48PM (#17847219)

This is what I'm talking about.

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by dood on Monday August 27, 2018 @06:56AM (#17850635)

I almost reflexively closed the tab just from reading this comment.

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by newsbinator on Monday August 27, 2018 @09:21AM (#17851322)

Someone should make a well-being app that forces you to get up from your computer by displaying enraging text snippets in a modal, with no close button, for 15 minutes.

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by SerLava on Sunday August 26, 2018 @10:51AM (#17846158)

Oh Lord yes! I'm totally with you. That's a whole separate tier of Hell.

I think they're either chasing gamified time-on page metrics, or are just deeply conceited. Whenever that happens to me I consider myself pranked by the writer.

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