I do read extensively, but I find it hard to radically switch gears from short form to long form. For instance, when I am scrolling through Nostr, and come across a link to a longer text, I will often just open it in a tab and go back to scrolling.

Later, when I am in a different mental mode (looking for depth rather than breadth), I go through my open tabs and read them. Of course I don't read all of them in full, depends on how engaged I am after a few minutes of reading.

In my mind, Nostr is mainly a scrolling medium, not a reading medium. Even though it can be both, e.g. with Habla. I just don't think the two mix well, there is something like a natural frequency for a feed. 

 What I don't like are long short-form notes. That breaks the flow and is an oxymoron.
I'd like a client that hid everything that was longer than 210 characters. 

 Yes. Thank you. 

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 I see including a "ping" about a new long-form note in the normal feed as a sort of notification, for things-to-read-later. 

 Exactly 

 That's what "read it later" apps/systems are for. Pocket, Readwise, etc. Highlighter would be the nostr variant of it (wip & different scope now).  

 I don't use read it later apps, I just have a browser plugin that limits the number of tabs I can open. That way I have a sort of "kanban board" of pieces to read. 

 Many approaches work. I'd encourage anyone who doesn't have a "content consumption" system/workflow to look into existing tools and how other people use them. Zettelkasten, knowledge graphs, read it later, etc.

It's a skill, it can be learned, and it is very powerful.  

 Do you use Zettelkasten/knowledge graphs? I tried Obsidian but somehow got bored of it before it bore me any fruit. I do use Zotero though 

 Logseq is good 

 I had tried the Logseq sandbox, and didn't like the fact that everything was a bullet list. Good that it's open source though