27 August 2021, Somewhere in the Metaverse - UplandDood (@Just1Dood)
Written 25 August 2021 (Yes, same as the day where I said I didn't have anything to write but now have written two articles). The first one, I'd published yesterday. It's called "Another One of Those Days: How I Push Myself to Write."
A few Facts
Fact: I am always on the move and looking for the most efficient and time-saving ways to do things.
Fact: I don't always discover how to do this on my own. Certain ones, unless someone shares them, I may never discover them or it may take me a long time to discover them on my own.
Fact: You are now in a hurry to read through this and evaluating if it's worth your time to continue.
Fact: I'll make it easy for you. I'll make this very brief. It should also help you here as a reader.
Reflect on Your Current Process
Think about how you normally read an article here. Think through your process, all the way to the end, including leaving your comments.
Do you think that you are doing it efficiently? If not, do you think you can improve on the efficiency in how you read and leave your comments?
If you can't think of any, fret not. Let me share with you what I do. I have discovered this by chance though I can't recall exactly how.
Reading
Scanning through an article is not necessarily a bad practice. Some people are able to read faster than others. They may scan through and yet be able to capture all the pertinent details. Others, may not. You have to determine which category you fall under and adjust your reading habit accordingly.
Enough about reading. We move on to Commenting.
Commenting
The normal practice for most people is to start commenting after reading. There is nothing wrong with that. That was what I was doing initially. It makes perfect sense. It's very linear and logical in getting things done.
However, can you remember how often you have to keep scrolling back up to remember the point you want to make a comment to? Very ineffective and time-consuming, isn't it?
Despite that, I still follow this flow at certain times. That depends a lot on what kind of article I'm reading. I'll touch on this point further down the article.
Is there another way to comment? Let's find out.
Reading & Commenting & Reading & Commenting, etc
Sounds strange when you read the heading for this section, doesn't it? How can that be efficient?
Well, if your intention is to scan through and leave "I like that story" or "Nice article", then this does not apply. Anyone could put those same comments without even reading anything. How's that for fast? This is a surefire way to irritate the writer and you can be sure you'll be ignored. Though some nice writers may reply with an obligatory "Thank you".
If you are active in Noise.Cash, you know what I'm talking about. Plenty of people does that there. Sometimes I won't know how to respond as their reply to my post doesn't make any sense at all.
Back to this section's heading. How do we do that? If you are thinking of reading then scrolling down to make a comment, then scroll back up to continue reading, before down again to make comment, etc, I can tell you that this will drive you crazy.
What I do is this (assuming you are on a laptop or desktop environment):
Open the article I have chosen to read.
Duplicate the same tab.
Move the page all the way down to the comment section in this second tab.
Go back to the first tab and start reading the article.
Find an interesting idea/topic/part that I'd like to comment on? Stop briefly.
Go to the second tab and type my comment. (If needed, I'll also quote the segment of text from the article I'm commenting on)
Go back to the first tab and continue reading the article. Found another idea you'd like to comment on?
Go to the second tab and continue with your comment.
And so on and so forth until I have finished reading the article. End with any additional comments that I have and click reply before closing off both tabs.
I find this way most efficient for me in reading and leaving comments immediately once something catches my attention.
As I'd mentioned earlier, this may not always be the case. It does depend on the type of articles I'm reading. There are certain articles where nothing stops me in the middle to make a comment. In such instances, I'll just finish reading the article before leaving a comment.
There are also other instances where I do not have any idea what to say. If that's the case, I'll just upvote and leave a tip.
Spirit, not Law
It is easy for us to fall into the trap of taking something word for word. The above is a suggestion to assist. It doesn't mean that you must follow or that if you do follow, you must follow the exact steps.
Follow the intent, not the letter of the law. If you could tweak it to work for you, go ahead. If for some articles, this doesn't work, then don't use it for that particular article.
Thank you for reading and I hope that this has been helpful for you.
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Tratare de hacer lo de abrir las dos pestañas, por que de verdad que siempre me pasa eso, tengo que estar deslizando hacia arriba y me quita tiempo y mis delitos se cansan.
Una pregunta, escaneo se refiere a cuando leen rápidamente. Hasta ahora todos los artículos que me parecen interesante por su título, los leo palabra por palabra. Es decir así lo he hecho con todos. Hay alguna manera de hacerlo más rápidos sin perder detalles, no creo.
Gracias por tu aporte. Pase por aquí por un artículo de Jane que te citó.