On: How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to ...

[SV_BubbleTime]

I wish it was less common, but I’ve been seeing a lot of this ... article extending. I think that’s what it is.

[Groxx → SV_BubbleTime]

It's encouraged by being paid by the word (implicitly via time-on-page due to ads) in some cases.

[Robotbeat → SV_BubbleTime]

Yeah, I’ve started to skip the first two paragraphs of all articles, now. This, combined with click-bait headlines, has started to make media articles more and more worthless. (In scientific writing and encyclopedia entries, they start with a summary so they immediately get to the point...)

[SV_BubbleTime → Robotbeat]

> Yeah, I’ve started to skip the first two paragraphs of all articles

I go down and read the last two paragraphs to see if they summed it up well. It’s a 33% I read the whole article based on summary and content.

I’m not asking for a great writer... just someone that knew what they were writing about before they started typing.