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dropped quote
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- 03WednesdayData·
I thought I was showcasing my strongest evidence in an indented block; scroll data showed readers sprinting right past the storefront.
Skipped Evidence: What Happens to Blockquotes When 79% of Readers Scan?
According to Jakob Nielsen's 1997 research, 79% of web users scan rather than read—and the indented blockquote is the easiest element for scanning eyes to skip. We examine, with workshop honesty, when a single-sentence bridge succeeds and when it bloats the text into syntax collapse.
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- 02TuesdayMain Essay·
I scanned my own writing through a reader’s eyes and realized: even I was skipping the blockquotes I had pasted as evidence.
Hit-and-Run Quoting: The Anatomy of a Bridge Sentence — and When It Bloats Your Prose
For years, we dropped blockquotes in isolation and followed them with "as we can see"; readers skipped right past. We tested a single bridge sentence beforehand: it saved readership on long, technical quotes, yet bloated short, self-explanatory ones. A micro-level look at bridge anatomy, signal verb choice, and syntax integration.
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