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Skip to the end and read the summary first
by punnerud 10y ago
Skip to the end and read the summary first
- abathingpape 10y agoIt makes me wonder if summaries should come first in web articles.
- based2 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_(summary) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_(summary)
- jasonkostempski 10y agoThey should, in all things that include a summary, web article or otherwise. When a tl;dr is at the end of something, it is tl;ar (too late; already read). It drives me nuts, it defeats the whole purpose.
- atsaloli 10y agoOn a related note, Romans wrote sums at the top of a stack of numbers they were adding. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Sum http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&searc... Summaries at the top, always.