Just as the title asks I’ve noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they’re reading.

They’ll read it and despite all the information being there, if it’s even slightly out of line from the most straightforward sentence structure, they act like it’s complete gibberish or indecipherable.

Has anyone else noticed this? Because honestly it’s making me lose my fucking mind.

  • xfint@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Remember when the internet used to be wall of texts. People used to write like writers do. Sentences and paragraphs that comprise a distinct idea. A collection of paragraphs that elucidate the point of view in their head… These days the style of writing online is some kind of line-by-line disjointed train of thoughts. Something resembling a collection of 140 character social media posts. I find it more difficult to grok. Impossible at times. It’s like people aren’t writing for readers. They’re brain dumping one liners off the top of their head.

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      1 year ago

      The reason for this could be that people who are smart enough to write something comprehensible is most likely not going to do so because of the risk of getting comments from brain dumping people. Social media has given everyone a megaphone - even the dumbest individuals. They keep pouring their stupidity onto the internet for everyone to see.

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        1 year ago

        It also doesn’t help that you have meme texts that people will drop and derail the entire point.

        “Long detailed documentation meant to generate intellectual conversation”

        “Generate deez nuts 😂😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭”

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        1 year ago

        I wonder of more and more people using cellphones for social media has affected this? I use my cellphone primarily and…I definitely don’t write my finest work, shall we say. The typos are aplenty too since I type furiously. I’m investing in a laptop for this very reason. I miss having more robust writing skills.