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Bloodaxe007 t1_iwqos4x wrote

I would suggest that the premise is flawed. Websites since 2000 have become a lot easier to navigate, and information more succinct.

If i can find the information i need in 8 seconds, that says nothing about my attention span, that’s just efficiency.

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Penisanthonydoubs t1_iwrjmqb wrote

Not to mention the internet speed alone

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FlamyMind t1_iws78ur wrote

Also the average has more experience with the internet. The majority of internet/websites are bs, you get better at filtering what you see and skip over the crap or understand faster and go to the next.

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HardCounter t1_iws3k30 wrote

Also doesn't account for the degradation of quality and ads. If there's a popup ad in the middle of my screen i close it immediately, and this is typically the case with most newspaper websites. Sometimes it's a straightup paywall and closing is the cheapest option.

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alpacasarebadsingers t1_iws9zex wrote

They measured how much better we get at using webpages. Now the real question is what website were they showing the goldfishes to measure their attention span.

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thunderBerrins t1_iwsoo80 wrote

Also people bailing on websites that annoy them. Pop ups etc are a plague in 2022

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