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Our Attention Spans Are Decreasing

Surfing the web over globeAs I was surfing the web today, I copied the following quote and forgot where I found it.

“According to a study done by Microsoft this year, it was determined that the average human attention span is 8 seconds.

It’s gone from 12 seconds, which was reported in 2000, to 8 seconds in which you have to grab your prospect’s attention.”

I have noticed that I don’t read  on-line articles or blog posts if they are longer than a couple paragraphs unless the information is a class I’m taking.  My new habit is to skim or read the first sentence in each paragraph and then move on.

I think my 8 seconds is up for this post. See you tomorrow.

 

Julaina Kleist-Corwin

Editor of Written Across the Genres

Author of Hada’s Fog

Surfing the web on a monitor

 

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