> You may be thinking — what does this have to do with time-to-convert?
> We'll get there.
Just FYI, I consider this tease-based writing to be reader-hostile, the prose equivalent of clickbait. It's the surest way to get me to quit reading.
> We'll get there.
Just FYI, I consider this tease-based writing to be reader-hostile, the prose equivalent of clickbait. It's the surest way to get me to quit reading.
Like other dark patterns, there times when this sort of thing can make sense, but in practice it's usually done (consciously or not) to get the reader to read more than they would otherwise.