Too much long-form content on the web
Many pundits lament that twitter and other micro blogging services have created an 'ADHD' environment where longer form content is being neglected, but I see an opposite trend of too much 'long form' content, which is promoted using short-form content. So someone will tweet or post on a link on Reddit to one of many uneneding 'long form' articles published by one of many popular sites such as Vox, Salon, etc. The problem is these huge articles are sometimes a chore to read, and you have to wade through pages of historical and philisophical preface before you get to the substance. It's like there 's an article about American's obcession with speed, but before I can get to the heart of the matter or the author's personal take or solution, I first have to read through 500 years of history and what philosophers and historians thought of the issue. It's like an infomercial where the host goes on about the problem that the trinket is supposed to solve and then in the last 5 minutes mentions the trinket. If something is unique and interesting there is no need to embellish it with 2000 words of introductory prose. And then even if the premise of the article is interesting, reading 4000 words of fluff will make me too tired to want to learn more.
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