When you read another person's hub, do you typically read the entire article?

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   cam8510posted 11 years ago

   When you read another person's hub, do you typically read the entire article?
   
   I recently published a hub which I intended to be humorous.  The humor was in the final sentence in which the real meaning of the hub was changed; a twist, you might call it.  Judging from the lack of response, I am wondering if it simply bombed in the humor department or if readers didn't quite make it to the end of the hub?  This question is for my growth as a writer.  Maybe it is possible to try being too subtle with humor.

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   Tricia1000posted 11 years ago

   Interesting question, something that I have been wondering myself lately.  On your Google analytics you can see your audience traffic and what the bounce rate is for each source of traffic coming to your hubpages.  To engage your readers from beginning to end is a skill that needs to be learned.  I read a hub from beginning to end only if I find it interesting enough.

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      cam8510posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Tricia1000, thanks for answering.  I do use GA.  My hub was only 486 words, but I was careful not to reveal a twist till the final sentence.  Maybe that is expecting too much of my ability to engage readers.  Thanks for the input.

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   honeybee2uposted 11 years ago

   I normally read from beginning to end if the hub is interesting and I get more information on the things I'm looking for.

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      cam8510posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      honeybee2u, thanks for responding.  The topic of this hub and the fact that I held the "punch line" till the last sentence probably doomed it from the start.

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   innerspinposted 11 years ago

   It very much depends on how it's written, and if it holds my interest. In this day and age we have multiple choices and can be butterfly brains. Maybe leaving things till the final sentence to hold things together is a step too far. I've not looked at your hubs yet so don't take that personally.

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      cam8510posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      innerspin, thanks for reading and responding to the question.  If you go to my profile, it is the hub about alien abductions.  See,  I even picked a topic that would not attract a lot of readers.  This one was a learning experience.

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   eusaphzaeposted 11 years ago

   Well! Cam, what usually I do is, I scan the article simply, and if I found it to my interest and I have to comment on that, so I read it till end.

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      cam8510posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      eusaphzae, good point.  I have seen comments before where I knew the person had not read the entire article.  Do you think that is out of place?  Thanks for helping out with this question.

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