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You are almost certainly not the only one, but I can't say I agree with you. In an age where we're bombarded by information and it is a struggle (if even possib
by eximius 11y ago
You are almost certainly not the only one, but I can't say I agree with you. In an age where we're bombarded by information and it is a struggle (if even possible) to stay current on technology trends, TL;DR's give a summary allowing you to make a more informed decision on whether an article is worth your time - titles just aren't usually sufficient to determine that.
- philsnow 11y agoIf you just blindly read the TL;DR's, though, you're ceding judgement of the merits of the article to whoever wrote the TL;DR. In this case, the TL;DR parrots the (false) conclusion from the article, so if you stopped here, you now have false facts in your brain.
- eximius 11y agoAs I have said, this is a problem with specific TL;DRs not the general concept of them. (It is still a relevant concern, but it isn't sufficient reason to disregard them completely.) Also, I generally use TL;DRs to decide WHAT to read, I don't use them as my source of information. So I would have disregarded the TL;DRs incorrect conclusion and read the article for myself (which I did).
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- ska 11y agoThe problem is that often the TL;DR is shorter than the article, but also incorrectly represents it or is sometimes just plain wrong. Following this leads you to an misinformed decision, not an informed one.