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lil  ·  3946 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How people read online: Why you won’t finish this article.

It takes spectacular writing to hold my attention. This one didn't grab me.

But also: is it so bad to not finish an article? -- and here's another thing, I might forward, but not finish reading because I'm not the best audience for a certain important article -- but I know who is and what they are studying or enthusiastic about.

I'm grateful to the posters and forwarders on hubski. The other week mk posted an article on advances in the use of gesture to control an envrionment. I read the beginning, then forwarded it to two people who are developing ways of gesturing at computer screens in hospitals to summon nurses or send messages.