cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/26108835

I’ll read long posts in either format, but the fragmented format of chained microblog posts, or threads, is mildly distracting at times.

  • @i_dont_want_to
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    203 months ago

    For me personally, there are many times I don’t want to leave my app or site to visit something else. I want it right there.

    It wouldn’t be so bad if so many articles and blogs didn’t have paywalls, pop ups that ask me for my information when I am reading mid-sentence, or will straight up block me because I have an ad blocker. If I don’t have the energy to deal with those roadblocks, I just won’t click the link. I’ll just move on to the next thing.

    • @ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOP
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      3 months ago

      Makes sense, albeit the second part about the bad site experiences is sort of the flipside of what inspired this question.

      If the initial content experience is awkwardly formatted, but there’s a better formatted version one could go to, would one still want to experience it in the same place forcing awkward formatting? That’s not poking at you specifically btw, moreso wondering aloud.

      • @i_dont_want_to
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        33 months ago

        If the experience of visiting other sites wasn’t so bad, I would happily visit more links. I really like reading articles and long form content. If the contest was purely long form vs short form (or very fragmented long form), long form wins.

        I might be the wrong audience though because Twitter and Mastodon never really appealed to me all that much.

      • BolexForSoup
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        13 months ago

        It’s not awkwardly formatted though it’s just inefficient. But as a reader, it’s still top to bottom, left to right, and I don’t have to load up a new page/leave where I am. I can also respond to it right there.