I’m pretty sure…
You’re not gonna believe this but…
I think it all came from web marketing guru types.
And it circlejerked with business types to capitalize on shorter and shorter attention spans.
I was like you. I was a normal guy. And one day I decided to take a guess at why this irritating “writing style” came from…
…and you won’t believe what I came up with…I think it’s because…
People scroll, and short little paragraphs keep you reading.
In bite-sized little chunks. So you keep scrolling and scrolling waiting for it to get to the point…
…so what are you waiting for? Lame call to action by clicking the button below to get added to my email list with 900 days risk free…
…and one day you too can have a Lambo.
…Ugh that made me physically sick writing like that even as a joke LOL.
Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Most business people are too stupid to handle paragraphs with more than 2-3 sentences. I’m not joking and I literally have to write emails like this if I want them read.
Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Side rant here. I’m working on a project for a new application, after a couple months work I finalised the 150ish requirements, however before approval could be given to approach businesses I had to fo some internal box ticking.
I organised this technical meeting with the IT guys to run through all the requirements, tick and flick that everything was fine. It was a 3 hour meeting that I had book 7 weeks in advance to ensure everyone could attend.
3 weeks before the scheduled date a general manager insists on attending and self-invites. The moment the meeting starts the GM immediately says “they don’t want to read all these requirements” and “don’t you have a presentation?” Followed by “where are the pictures?”.
The entire meeting basically derailed there and we only made it through maybe 50% of what we needed with zero ticking or flicking. That was 3 weeks ago, the project has almost stalled now and I’m still trying to recover the time/progress/momentum I had.
Fucking managers and their demands to be included and flat out refusal to read.
Tja@programming.dev 6 hours ago
Too long paragraphs, didn’t read.
Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 12 hours ago
Functional illiteracy is a thing, pretty sure my last boss fell into this category. Everything had to be a meeting, couldnt do work by email or chat. He had to review and approve my reports, and they would sit for months. I think there was a nine month back log when I left.
DougHolland@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Holy crapoli, the memories this triggers. Suffice to say I am soooooo glad to be retired.
Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I’m on a 12 month contract at the moment but the company just advertised 8 permanent jobs at my level. I’m passing on submitting an application.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 hours ago
Yep I have learned to write biz emails in short, pithy sentences, if I want people to actually read and assimilate the info.
I don’t think it’s stupidity (and nothing against stupid co-workers if they’re trying), but they’re just so grindset brained into mental exhaustion that they literally zone out in the middle of a paragraph.
I’ll catch myself doing it on occasion too. If anything it’s worse recently, because I’ll have the nagging thought did they actually write this or am I reading two sentences puffed out into half a page by llm…