This post has been de-listed
It is no longer included in search results and normal feeds (front page, hot posts, subreddit posts, etc). It remains visible only via the author's post history.
163
ELI5: What is the purpose of the 'Continue Reading' button on news websites?
Post Flair (click to view more posts with a particular flair)
Post Body
Someone explained the reasoning behind this at one time and I forgot.
When you go to a news article, the web page will only show the beginning portion of the article. Then there is the 'Continue Reading' button. Why is this?
My thought is that if I didn't want to read the entire article, I wouldn't have clicked the link. Is this for tracking purposes?
Author
Account Strength
100%
Account Age
5 years
Verified Email
Yes
Verified Flair
No
Total Karma
19,260
Link Karma
9,270
Comment Karma
9,533
Profile updated: 2 days ago
Posts updated: 1 week ago
Subreddit
Post Details
We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not
always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare
these values to the post title and body for confirmation.
- Posted
- 1 year ago
- Reddit URL
- View post on reddit.com
- External URL
- reddit.com/r/explainlike...