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OK, I guess from the massive down-voting that this summary is inaccurate, or misleading, or inflammatory, or something. That's close to no information at all.

OK, I guess from the massive down-voting that this summary is inaccurate, or misleading, or inflammatory, or something. That's close to no information at all. So if someone could make a better summary, or at least a teaser, please do so.

hugh3 16y ago
I think "tl;dr"s always get downmodded to oblivion.
- loup-vaillant 16y ago
  Yet summaries without that term often sky-rocket: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2002255 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2002255 And more than one HNer publicly stated that they read comments first, to see if the article is worth their time. This only make sense if "tl;dr" is considered as a swear word here at HN. Is it?
  - hugh3 16y ago
    It's a meme. A meme associated with a different style of commenting. In particular, a "tl;dr" summary is usually a sarcastic over-summary.
    - ebaysucks 16y ago
      I had no idea that "tl;dr" is sarcastic. My initial comments was meant to be an honest summary.