• PepperoniNipple@lazysoci.al
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    12 hours ago

    It’s crazy that I have to write less than 50 words to have an ounce of attention from people now. I am a writer, I write books, I can see literacy is truly dead. “Reddit” literally means “Read it”, so, what the fuck? (Lemmy is an alternative to Reddit, so) Why do people use apps that are made for reading, and then complain about a long read? It looks so ignorant.

    Why would people listen or trust someone who probably can’t finish a book? Let alone a few paragraphs in an app made for reading, literally. I don’t get it. It’s such a MAGA thing to do.

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      7 hours ago

      Why do people use apps that are made for reading, and then complain about a long read?

      If I had to guess, maybe the average post contains an amount of text that is within a comfortable range, and posts that greatly exceed that range may be undesirable.

      Alternatively, maybe some of them read some of the text, then decide that it’s not interesting enough to read the rest.

      Just guessing though.

      Why would people listen or trust someone who probably can’t finish a book?

      I may have missed some context here. Did someone who probably can’t finish a book ask you to listen to or trust them?

      Let alone a few paragraphs in an app made for reading, literally. I don’t get it.

      Many other social media platforms are also text-based, and long-form text is consumed less. That’s just how a lot of people are.

      It’s such a MAGA thing to do.

      MAGA people also breathe air and drink water. Not every human trait is political; that would be silly.