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 apatters on Sunday August 26, 2018 @01:22AM (#17844407)

Google incentivizes all kinds of online content to engage in this behavior as well. Articles that rank well are long and filled with keyword-rich exposition. Concise, bulleted summaries of facts don't give Googlebot as much information and consequently tend to show up in fewer searches. (And Google is trying to be your main source for fact lookup anyway)

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by goostavos on Sunday August 26, 2018 @02:51AM (#17844650)

Also, why recipe sites are among the most annoying on the internet.

Life story with a hidden recipe injected somewhere on the body

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by badwolf on Sunday August 26, 2018 @09:58AM (#17845956)

That is currently one of the things that annoys me the most.

Well, probably a toss up between that, and breaking out a recipe over a 10 page slideshow.

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Re:Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is ... by fjsolwmv on Sunday August 26, 2018 @04:52PM (#17847842)

Why would unrelated information make a recipe rank higher for "chicken recipe"?

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