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China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’
(www.wsj.com)
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This is not how I want to read an article.
I checked the comments before opening the article and wasn't sure what to expect based on yours.
Holy hell, we really are catering to the lowest common denominator here. It's not that I think we shouldn't, we absolutely should, but our society really should be working harder to keep lowest from being so damn low.
And reader view doesn’t pick it up… gross
Well if you jump to the last picture there's a link to open the full article, then you can.... stare at the paywall.....
As much as I agree, I've seen plenty of articles that are so damn long it makes me wonder if they actually expect people to read it. Who has time to read an entire 30 min article where half is about a specific person's personal story that's only meant to back up the main points. Just tell me the main point and back it with data (bonus points if you kink every source you reference, imo).
That's why I think more detailed articles should be written like scientific journal articles. One to three paragraphs that convey the gist of the article and the remaining pages dedicated to analysis and explanation.
Not only would this be more work than a normal article, though, it'd reduce ad revenue because most people would read the abstract and leave.
Mmm, yes, show us your kink sources.
The Tiktok Manga Slideshow format has finally migrated to major news sites I see.
God I hate tech this decade.
I feel this sentiment in my bones. I know it gets overused, but the word of the decade so far really does seem to be enshittification. The only thing that seems to be getting better is self-hosting, which is still a massive pain in the ass for a lot of things.
I mind this less than the stupid video articles.
It's just buzzfeed articles returning from the grave. They'd split a few paragraphs over 20 pages somehow
Over half of Americans read at below a 6th grade reading level. So it makes sense that they want to bring back picture books.
They're called graphic novels....
Kidding
Is this still true? Damn shame if so
Humorously, maybe the writer wants to let it rot
Might be the worst experience I’ve had. We don’t want books. We got rid of books
It's like a picture book!
I think it makes it harder for us to scrape their site and copy and paste it here.
Not great but not terrible. At least there were no ads.