I just went through all the authors listed under “Some Writings We Love” on the LessOnline site and categorized what platform they used to publish. Very roughly;
Personal website:
IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIII (39)
Substack:
IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII- (30)
Wordpress:
IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-III (23)
LessWrong:
IIIII-IIII (9)
Ghost:
IIIII- (5)
A magazine:
IIII (4)
Blogspot:
III (3)
A fiction forum:
III (3)
Tumblr:
II (2)
”Personal website” was a catch-all for any site that seemed custom-made rather than a platform. But it probably contained a bunch of sites that were e.g. Wordpress on the backend but with no obvious indicators of it.
I was moderately surprised at how dominant Substack was. I was also surprised at how much marketshare Wordpress still had; it feels “old” to me. But then again, Blogspot feels ancient. I had never heard of “Ghost” before, and those sites felt pretty “premium”.
I was also surprised at how many of the blogs were effectively inactive. Several of them hadn’t posted since like, 2016.
Is speed reading real? Or is it all just trading-off with comprehension?
I am a really slow reader. If I’m not trying, it can be 150wpm, which is slower than talking speed. I think this is because I reread sentences a lot and think about stuff. When I am trying, it gets above 200wpm but is still slower than average.
So, I’m not really asking “how can I read a page in 30 seconds?”. I’m more looking for something like, are there systematic things I could be doing wrong that would make me way faster?
One thing that confuses me is that I seem to be able to listen to audio really fast, usually 3x and sometimes 4x (depending on the speaker). It feels to me like I am still maintaining full comprehension during this, but I can imagine that being wrong. I also notice that, despite audio listening being much faster, I’m still not really drawn to it. I default to finding and reading paper books.