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why do people not like to not read long posts...i always wondered this...

i made a thread on Zend-Avesta which was really interesting...and i doubt anyone read it..maybe 2 people...

what makes us not read alot? do we think it will be boring? or do we just want to get to the point as soon as possible or is it just laziness...

i wonder if anyoen would read this^

why.......because as a teacher all I get done during the school year is read papers.......so for me this is my break from that.

School makes you read a lot, therefore, it must be bad

I dunno, I like things short and sweet if it's not a subject I'm particularly interested in

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i used mostly..

Grimm and John Doe

mostly those two

Roadkill's my second best, actually

erm, we shouldn't be talking about this here

Lazyness.
Expecially when I have other reading to do.

Maybe because the topic might not appeal to them?

Reading is fun, but if it is too repetative it gets old.

reading on screen hurts my eyes
i prefer reading on paper.

As far as I am concerned, the problem was more that the post was not actually that interesting at all. It had nothing to grab attention; all rather flat. If you are going to make a long post expect it to be ignored if it is dry.

well it might not seem dry to others...i guess it kinda depends on the readers interest.

Well, judging by the response, yeah? I don't think it was well pitched. I don't think you should simply blame the whole problem on attention spans. Long text needs more care than short.

^ Keep it short and sw... relevant?

Most people - I gather - won't mind reading long posts, if they have a point.

If you want to write a short novel, make sure you GUIDE your potential readers through your work. Start with a headline that tells me what to expect.
Then make a paragraph where you outline what the content will be all about.

Make line-breaks, use punctuation. Simple

A post that's half a page long can be scary. But if I'm remotely interested in the topic and it's written well I'll usually give it a shot. One thing I can't stand is long posts that just keep going around in a circle, repeating what they said in the paragraph before. Although fortunately I rarely come across them.

I usually don't read a w hole bunch of posts if I can reasonably predict what all of them willl say

shortage of time - I'm not gonna spend 5 mins reading 1 post when i'm only on the computer for 20. also it depends on whether its just continuous text or its well broken up. If its solid text it just looks like too much effort. Also, most of the time what is said in a page can be said in a paragraph.

depend on interest. but also partly laziness. which is why i try not to write too long.