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    Mignon Fogarty (grammargirl@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 08:52:55 JST Mignon Fogarty Mignon Fogarty

    I could hardly believe that statistic I just reposted was true: more than half of U.S. adults 16 to 74 read at below a 6th grade level?

    But I checked, and Snopes says it's true. https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/02/us-literacy-rate/

    How discouraging and infuriating.

    In conversation Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 08:52:55 JST from zirk.us permalink

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      pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 16:44:35 JST pettter pettter
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      • Mittens McSmithers

      @mittensmcsmithers @grammargirl Two things;

      1) consider that literacy and 'intelligence' are unrelated

      2) consider if lots of people having trouble reading is not actually a new thing

      In conversation Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 16:44:35 JST permalink
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      Mittens McSmithers (mittensmcsmithers@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 16:44:36 JST Mittens McSmithers Mittens McSmithers
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      @grammargirl

      Every SEO plugin I use in my work will literally highlight multisyllabic words it deems "too hard for readers to understand" and states it may affect my SEO scores.

      I die a little inside each time.

      And don't get me started on all the Medium articles I read where nearly every paragraph is a single sentence long.

      Algorithms are LITERALLY making people more stupid in return for Internet likes.

      In conversation Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 16:44:36 JST permalink
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      Mignon Fogarty (grammargirl@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 16:44:37 JST Mignon Fogarty Mignon Fogarty
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      In addition to making me think about why we have so many problems in our country, the low literacy rate also gave me a new perspective on why YouTube is so popular as a source of information.

      In conversation Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 16:44:37 JST permalink

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