The bad and the good of micro texts

There are both advantages and disadvantages that come with the joining of micro text message groups. One of the advantages is reestablishing connections with old acquaintances with whom one may have long lost contact, while one of the disadvantages is the amount of time eaten up reading micro text messages, which are difficult to resist.

Since I joined several micro message groups, whose messages you've got to go through once in a while, I've felt the relentless passing of time, and I've made up my mind that I will spend as little time as possible reading them, skipping most of them.

Veteran Chinese writer Wang Meng recently said something to the effect that one of the saddest things about information technology is that micro text messages have considerably reduced people's time for reading and therefore their capability for independent thought.