DooKey
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Believe it or not a new study is out that shows redditors don't read the content they are voting on almost 3/4 of the time. Students at Notre Dame studied the habits of 309 reddit users and came to the conclusion that most reacted without reading due to "cognitive fatigue". I think they meant to say a case of "monkey see, monkey do". Color me not surprised. You can find the abstract here.
“The data show that most study participants were headline browsers,” the study concludes. “Specifically, 84 percent of participants interacted with content in less than 50 percent of their pageloads, and the vast majority (94 percent) of participants in less than 60 percent of their pageloads.”
“The data show that most study participants were headline browsers,” the study concludes. “Specifically, 84 percent of participants interacted with content in less than 50 percent of their pageloads, and the vast majority (94 percent) of participants in less than 60 percent of their pageloads.”