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I understand your point, the way I see people use this is to determine before committing their time if the article content fits their interests and worth their
by quan 15y ago
I understand your point, the way I see people use this is to determine before committing their time if the article content fits their interests and worth their time. It's not to bypass reading articles altogether, it's to filter out what they want to read.
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- rexreed 15y agoAgreed - but in that case TL;DR is a misnomer. "Too long, didn't read", means that the user DIDN'T read it! Or, at least is summarizing it in a way that the user should not have to read it. It would be better to call these "abstracts" if they are used as you imply above -- a synopsis of the article for those interested in learning more. I think TL;DR is a symptom of intellectual laziness, whereas abstracts have long been used for research papers and the like.