"I’m not just coming to this conclusion as my read percentage in the last 30 days is hovering between 42%-48% when it had previously been well above 50% consistently." I'm a fast reader, as I've had to be since law school and grading college students' essays. So, I wondered the same thing. Nobody will benefit from my reads I realized. To combat this, I will often leave the tab open for a little while and peruse other stories.