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 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.