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by mimischi 518 days ago
I’m genuinely curious: do you really get back to those tabs and read them? I find I end up in these rabbit holes, then realize what time it is and context switch to something else. Once I happen to get back to the collection of Wikipedia tabs, I have most often already lost the spark of interest that I’ve felt initially.
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> I’m genuinely curious: do you really get back to those tabs and read them?

Not the op, but this is how my browser uses all the memory.

Nobody has time to sit and read all of (or even a small portion of) Wikipedia so your options are to either open endless links you know will never get read or be progressively more selective in which links you choose to follow as the time you want to set aside for curiosity runs out.

The only way you end up with tabs you don't read is if you chose the wrong thresholds for following links through the given session. This is self-correcting after a few goes as you realize clicking too many links leads to spending time reading articles you cared less about rather than ones you cared more about.