: Partial content display on mobile devices I frequently see variations on the following when I'm browsing on mobile devices: I have two questions regarding the Read More element: What is the

@Michele947

This is called an ellipsis. It's a Greek word which essentially means "truncating text."
In situations where the entire text of the article is loaded anyway, the primary purpose for the ellipsis is to get their advertiser's ads closer to the top of the screen. And if you accidentally click on the ads when trying to "read more" I'm sure they don't mind.

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