Web Users Judge Sites in the Blink of an Eye 233
dogbolter writes "Nature.com is reporting on a study by Canadian researcher Gitte Lindgaard of Carleton University that visitors to a webpage can make up their minds about the quality of the page within just 50 milliseconds." From the article: "We all know that first impressions count, but this study shows that the brain can make flash judgments almost as fast as the eye can take in the information. The discovery came as a surprise to some experts. "My colleagues believed it would be impossible to really see anything in less than 500 milliseconds," says Gitte Lindgaard of Carleton University in Ottawa, who has published the research in the journal Behaviour and Information Technology. Instead they found that impressions were made in the first 50 milliseconds of viewing."
Once again a case for article moderation (Score:4, Insightful)
Question (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Question (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Question (Score:3, Insightful)
Most people are only here for the discussion these days, anyway, the article summaries are generally either poorly written, incorrect or confused.
Re:What about... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Question (Score:4, Insightful)
It's not the submitter's fault, rather the editors who post the story submissions.
Dupes, lame dupes & late lame dupes. (Score:1, Insightful)
Will we have articles saying how motorists can spot an accident within 75 milliseconds? Or that long-time hunters can spot an alarmed bird a full 60 milliseconds before the rest of us? Or that being scalded by hot coffee takes 25 milliseconds to register in the brain?
The original post was based on a lame article. This one is a dupe of a post that was based on a lame article which appeared 3 full days ago across almost all Internet sites and publications. Thats what makes this so damn irritating!
Re:In other news... (Score:4, Insightful)
Shame on the plagiarist
Comic Sans (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Once again a case for article moderation (Score:1, Insightful)
After enough encouragement CmdrTaco solved the link abuse and deserves accolade for that, hopefully the next priority will be enabeling article moderation (no it won't make Slashdot Digg, it will make Slashdot a better Slashdot).
Re:Question (Score:5, Insightful)
1) There are people whose job it is to edit and approve submissions; these people are paid to do this. Some people find it annoying when people are apparently not doing a very good job of something.
2) Every dupe posted is a potential new and interesting article rejected.
3) Some people pay a subscription to the site; some of these people feel (rightly or wrongly) that as they're paying money, they have a right to expect a certain level of quality and profesionalism, and feel that the number and frequency of dupes does not meet this level.
4) It's primarily a technical problem, and the audience is tech-heavy; thus many of us can think of (and sometimes suggest) potential solutions, and it's frustrating that nothing seems to be being done about it
5) Many of us think (rightly or wrongly) that the major strength of the site is in the discussions that the articles generate - that is, in the comments that we post. Some people think (rightly or wrongly) that as they therefore provide most of the value of the site, they should have some kind of say in how it works, or at least have their concerns and complaints acknowledged.
6) As you note, there are many, many complaints about dupe articles, yet I have not seen any official reply to any of these. While it's entirely possible that I've just missed it, it does seem that our comments are falling on deaf ears. People don't like to feel ignored.
Now, there's no excuse for all the vitriol, but some people are really getting frustrated about things. Between the lack of any apparent action or even response about dupes (and **Beatles-Beatles posts, apparent moderation abuse, Roland P, etc), some people are over-reacting and lashing out. The rest of us, well, we just wish that something would be done about it, or at least that there would be a public announcement (or a even FAQ entry) stating the official position of the editors, and what (if anything) they intend to do about it.
Re:slash is lame-ass (Score:2, Insightful)
What do the editors read? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Question (Score:2, Insightful)
So many comments about dupes. (Score:1, Insightful)
And every 2nd post complaining that the editors have not bothered to read what has been posted before is even funnier.
Re:Question (Score:2, Insightful)
There's a search function. Editors can use it too.
In the 2 hours between new articles, how tough would it have been to type 'judge 50 ms' into the search?
I understand they have to wade through a lot of submissions,
but a 10 second check after they've picked a "winner" shouldn't be too much to ask.
Dupes really don't bother me much. I'm not here every day and never go back to see what I missed...
but I just don't think that's a valid excuse.