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Does it really need a separate TL;DR when the article's subtitle says the same thing? That's not a TL, it's just a DR.
by vacri 10y ago
Does it really need a separate TL;DR when the article's subtitle says the same thing? That's not a TL, it's just a DR.
- logicallee 10y agono it doesn't. I clicked, and scrolled, and skimmed. I read the title and subtitle - again after your comment. No, neither the title nor the subtitle nor any subsection heading or caption make it as obvious as the above tl;dr (which is why the cousin comment by hackaflocka thanked them). It's a good tl;dr - another thanks from me.
- vacri 10y agoIf you can't tell that TL;DR from the title + subtitle, you really need to work on your analytical skills, which means avoiding TL;DRs like the plague. How much spoon-feeding do you need!?
- jedberg 10y agoAt least 33 people disagree with you (that's the current number of points for my tl;dr).
- vacri 10y agoAnd as we all know, popularity Trumps ability.
- vacri 10y agoHeh, it's amusing to watch the karma sink on these comments. Here we are on HN, a community that conceits itself on its intelligence, and we apparently can't figure out that original TL;DR from the linked article's title + subtitle, let alone skimming the pictures or article itself.
- sctb 10y agoPlease stop.
- ptaipale 10y agoFor me, I often can't articles (and subtitles) because my company Web proxy filters the actual article. I can see the discussion in HN. This title is of the highly annoying "why this and that, click me" variety which is generally a turn-off. Therefore I really appreciate the above TL;DR because it gives me the hint that the actual article is interesting and I should read it when I get to another computer that does not have this filtering proxy.
- dredmorbius 10y agoThe article title, reproduced on HN, isn't sufficient to determine what the context is. Atlas Obscura tend strongly toward this type of clickbait. It should be strongly discouraged.