Absolutely unrelated to the article, but does anyone else hate prefaces? I was a big reader (bk-before kids) and once read a preface that was so thoroughly shi

Absolutely unrelated to the article, but does anyone else hate prefaces? I was a big reader (bk-before kids) and once read a preface that was so thoroughly shit that I almost didn't read the book. I ended up skipping the whole thing, and the book was excellent, had me from the first line! From then on I never, or very rarely read a preface. I would value others opinions on this cause I just can't see the point of them. The link for example; what benefit to the story would that be if you read it before animal farm? To me it would wreak the story, totally full of spoilers and also, putting forth the authors understanding of his own work, which in turn reduces the readers freedom of interpretation. In summary, should prefaces actually be postfaces? (connected by a little perforated strip which can be removed and fucked in the bin)