How do you feel about the decline of long-form posts?

Personally I've come to terms with it.

Literacy rates are extremely high; being able to write a lot is not a flex anymore.

And the modern world demands so much attention there isnt much left to waste.

I try to convey as much meaning in as little words as possible.

It's hard, though, having come from formal education. Word quotas and whatnot; we were taught the opposite.

What do you think?

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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

The problem isn't the long-form posts themselves. The problem is that it got largely misused for content that turned out to be deceiving and with AI this is becoming even a bigger problem. Therefore people learned to not invest their time and energy into something that is just slop. Either AI or some fake persona. It is hard to tell the quality of the content right of the bat without delving into it so I think most people just ignore it altogether because they expect it's just going to be a waste of their time. I guess we rather just choose a book to read instead.

Another thing: we were manipulated into thinking that older posts lost their value and only what is present is worth our attention. I saw this decline in real time. Back in 2012 this wasn't a thing at all. It was pretty normal to respond to posts from years ago and the authors often actually responded back without stupid remarks as "dO yOu TraVeL iN TiMe? ". Of course that there are types of posts that are only relevant for a specific time frame but people started acting as if it applied to everything on social media and therefore even longer posts intended to be read when the person interested in the topic has time or is in the mood to read such content get lost now. Authors started thinking: "nobody is going to be interested in this in a month" so they delete it or "archive" on Reddit so you can't contribute even if you just came across it now or it is relevant to you now, not 3 years ago.

CynicalSpaceMan · 26-30, M

@CrazyMusicLover this is an angle i hadn't considered. It makes a lot of sense, though.

Less tolerance for long-form as a defense against disingenuity...

jehova · 36-40, M

@CrazyMusicLover Id suggest posting a completely new response to the information that’s been archived; if possible in so doing it might reiterate the Original message being responded to? I had done that when possible. But then it becomes even more to read so . . .

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@jehova But the original post gathered people interested in the topic that might be interested in your input that could lead to some discussion. If you create a new post they wouldn't be involved in it.

jehova · 36-40, M

@CrazyMusicLover I’m not being clear; so it’s a new post OF the old post and all it’s associated parts sort of a repost of the OP with your newest comment added as a place for all previous information to be stored. Is that more clear? It is the original post but with a new heading, title, or time stamp! I did it here it is again kinda thing. Things time out if they don’t get modified amended or similar

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@jehova Ah, I see.