Readers can highlight sections of an article. The forum might then show a “featured highlight” similarly to how this works in Medium.
The forum can also measure how much screen time each paragraph in an article gets, and show this to users (a bit like a heatmap of where readers look at). This could lead to improved writing, and incentivize shorter articles.
An article’s engagement and read time can become factors used for ranking, as a complement to Karma.
Better analytics for both authors and readers:
Readers can highlight sections of an article. The forum might then show a “featured highlight” similarly to how this works in Medium.
The forum can also measure how much screen time each paragraph in an article gets, and show this to users (a bit like a heatmap of where readers look at). This could lead to improved writing, and incentivize shorter articles.
An article’s engagement and read time can become factors used for ranking, as a complement to Karma.