the fact that this debate is still going on in the year of our shard 2024 is absolute nonsense. reading is reading, and telling someone they're not a reader because their primary media is
#audiobooks makes you look like a d*ck.
#BookTok #readerproblems #gatekeeping also don't come at me with "definitionally it's different!" Reading has many definitions, including "to receive and understand audio messages—e.g. 'Read you loud and clear.'" If you're going to use definitions as a reason to gatekeep, make sure you consider ALL definitions.