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Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family

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[–] Hyggyldy@sffa.community 85 points 10 months ago (8 children)

This is not how I want to read an article.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] emmanuel_car@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And reader view doesn’t pick it up… gross

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 months ago

Well if you jump to the last picture there's a link to open the full article, then you can.... stare at the paywall.....

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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).

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] remus989@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Mmm, yes, show us your kink sources.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

The Tiktok Manga Slideshow format has finally migrated to major news sites I see.

God I hate tech this decade.

[–] rwhitisissle@lemy.lol 7 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

I mind this less than the stupid video articles.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

It's just buzzfeed articles returning from the grave. They'd split a few paragraphs over 20 pages somehow

[–] withnail@infosec.pub 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Over half of Americans read at below a 6th grade reading level. So it makes sense that they want to bring back picture books.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

They're called graphic novels....

Kidding

[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

Is this still true? Damn shame if so

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Humorously, maybe the writer wants to let it rot

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Might be the worst experience I’ve had. We don’t want books. We got rid of books

[–] xep@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

It's like a picture book!

[–] jaschen@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 10 months ago

I think it makes it harder for us to scrape their site and copy and paste it here.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Not great but not terrible. At least there were no ads.