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I find it disrespectful. If you can't be bothered to read, why bother to comment? If you feel an entry does not deserve your attention, do not give it your atte
by Kliment 17y ago
I find it disrespectful. If you can't be bothered to read, why bother to comment? If you feel an entry does not deserve your attention, do not give it your attention, and simply ignore it. Actively saying you didn't bother to read what the other person wrote is simply insulting. Make of that what you will.
- j_baker 17y agoActually, I've always thought it was the other way around. It's a bit like saying "I know my comment is long and you might not read it. Here's a brief summary if that's the case."
- Kliment 17y agoOh. I see. I thought you were referring to responding with tl;dr to other people's posts. You were in fact talking about summarizing your own posts. In that case, why not just say what you just wrote, as in "Summary: ..." and place that at the start of your post? Using tl;dr is certainly less polite.
- hga 17y agoYeah; occasionally I'll find a good posting that hasn't gotten much attention and I'll write more of a "teaser" than a summary comment, something that will hopefully help other HN readers quickly figure out if it's worth reading. A straightforward summary is also OK, but including "tl;dr" (newfangled slang which I had to look up a week or two ago :-) doesn't strike me as particularly polite.