As 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
The article appears on medical daily (and probably other places). Kind of weird that you forgot where you saw and article about reduced attention span. I find that I am skimming things more and more. I doubt if I’ve ever read as fast as I do now. There’s just way too much. One cannot focus on anything without something else clamoring for attention.
Uh oh, better shorten my draft post for my next blog.
Eloise, you could put the info into bullet points. They are quicker to read.
Gary, my 8 seconds of reading that quote ended before I could copy the link where I found it. I love that excuse, don’t you?
You lost me on “According to a study done by Microsoft this year, it was determined that the aver….
Lady Winfred,you mean your 8 seconds were up?
That long, eh? I knew we were a lost people when Pop Tarts gave microwave directions (3 seconds).
LOL Lani, but I think you’re right. Pop Tarts foreshadowed our lives these days.