I mostly ignore the reading time estimates on articles around here. I some times use the 1 min read as a deciding factor to ignore an article if I'm on the fence after considering the title and tags. Likewise, if the title and tags are promising and the read time is long, that might be the straw the convinces me to read the article. In any case, it is the last and lowest weighted data point I consider.
Personally, I'd much rather the raw numbers. Slap character, word, and paragraph counts at the bottom of each summary and let me figure it out from there.
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I mostly ignore the reading time estimates on articles around here. I some times use the 1 min read as a deciding factor to ignore an article if I'm on the fence after considering the title and tags. Likewise, if the title and tags are promising and the read time is long, that might be the straw the convinces me to read the article. In any case, it is the last and lowest weighted data point I consider.
Personally, I'd much rather the raw numbers. Slap character, word, and paragraph counts at the bottom of each summary and let me figure it out from there.