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Q&A Do 'text walls' scare off readers?

"Text wall" is a term that describes user-generated content in internet forums or on social media sites that take longer to read than the average eight second attention span of internet users. The...

posted 7y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:10:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/26917
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:10:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
"Text wall" is a term that describes [user-generated content](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User-generated_content) in internet forums or on social media sites that take longer to read than the average [eight second attention span](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/03/12/humans-have-shorter-attention-span-than-goldfish-thanks-to-smart/) of internet users.

The common reply to a "text wall" is "[TL;DR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TL;DR)". I never read more than the question title on this site and have never read any of Mark Baker's answers.

There is no such thing as a "text wall" in a book.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-02-25T18:02:58Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 1