Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65%
by lolinder on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:31PM
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Context since this has now been fixed: the original title as submitted was "Have attention spans been declining? – Yes, 65%". The bit after the dash was erroneously added by the submitter and was not part of the article's actual title.
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Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65%
by bizzleDawg on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:32PM
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Yep, fixed now. Thanks
Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65%
by billfor on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:38PM
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The article was long so the 65% was the TLDR summary. For people like me with no attention span it was very helpful.
Re:Have Attention Spans Been Declining? – Yes, 65%
by lolinder on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:42PM
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But as OP mentions, the 65% as printed in the title conveyed the false impression that there's been a 65% decline in attention spans, whereas the actual tl;dr should have been this sentence from the end:
> It seems likely to me that individual attention spans have declined (I’d give it ~70%), but I wouldn’t be surprised if the decline was relatively small, noisy & dependent on specific tests.