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cosmicgadget 3 days ago

Easy: just write content that is substantive enough that a summary isn't a sufficient replacement.

DaveChurchill 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

How will they know if they don't visit because of the summary?

cosmicgadget 3 days ago | parent [-]

The potential reader? Stuff like "this blog post lists the 37 steps to install Linux on a TI-89". Or "this page contains letters that Orwell wrote to his cat".

add-sub-mul-div 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

People will vastly more often choose the cheap and simple slop content as they came to choose slop food from McDonald's. Was the technology that allowed McDonald's to become the dominant force in food a net positive for society?

cosmicgadget 3 days ago | parent [-]

Again so if your content has enough substance or detail to require reading in long form, a rehash of it will not suffice.

Yeah, maybe some will want to only read the imdb plot summary of Lord of the Rings. I am not sure why any author would care about those people unless they are really desperate for clicks.