# Minor pet peeve concerning online publishers.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-pet-peeve-concerning-online-publishers/260710>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 20, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-pet-peeve-concerning-online-publishers/260710 "2004-08-20T13:52:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-pet-peeve-concerning-online-publishers/260710/1 "2004-08-20T13:52:47Z")

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New York Times, Washington Post, Salon…This is directed at you.

The attention span of most people is longer than 2.6 paragraphs. For the love of god, **please** put the entire fucking article on one page! Your content loads slowly enough the way it is; I shouldn’t have to click, scroll, click “print” just to read the last paragraph of a fucking six paragraph article! It’s stupid! Knock it the fuck off!

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-pet-peeve-concerning-online-publishers/260710/2 "2004-08-20T14:48:33Z")

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One article spread over two pages means twice as many ads which means twice as much ad revenue, roughly.

If you really want a horrid example of this, look at The Onion – they used to have five paragraph-length blurbs at the bottom of the page. Now, there’s only one, and each successive one is on a page of its own, surrounded by advertising content. Fortunately, they do take some pity on the hapless reader and offer a link back to the main page once you read them all.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-pet-peeve-concerning-online-publishers/260710/3 "2004-08-20T19:54:17Z")

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> [@chique](#):
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> The attention span of most people is longer than 2.6 paragraphs.

I know this is the Pit, but…cite? 😃

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**Author:** ![bashere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bashere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bashere)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-pet-peeve-concerning-online-publishers/260710/4 "2004-08-20T20:41:47Z")

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> [@Smeghead](#):
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> I know this is the Pit, but…cite? 😃

That’s obvious and doesn’t require a ci…oh look, a bird!

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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-pet-peeve-concerning-online-publishers/260710/5 "2004-08-21T00:19:22Z")

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> [@lno](#):
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> One article spread over two pages means twice as many ads which means twice as much ad revenue, roughly.
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> If you really want a horrid example of this, look at The Onion – they used to have five paragraph-length blurbs at the bottom of the page. Now, there’s only one, and each successive one is on a page of its own, surrounded by advertising content. Fortunately, they do take some pity on the hapless reader and offer a link back to the main page once you read them all.

1. What, like they can’t put two or three or four ads on one page like they do in a the paper edition?

2. You’re one of **them** , aren’t you. :dubious:

3. Stop being logical when I’m cranky!

> [@Smeghead](#):
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> I know this is the Pit, but…cite? 😃

I got yer cite right here, buddy. Come a little closer and let me give it to you. 😛