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depends on what you read. I would prefer to read an excerpt before reading political articles or stuff on Techcrunch :-)
by pknerd 15y ago
depends on what you read. I would prefer to read an excerpt before reading political articles or stuff on Techcrunch :-)
- delinka 15y agoToo often I've seen excerpts that are the content equivalent of a movie trailer for a bad movie-- all the interesting bits are provided in the excerpt/trailer and the remainder of the article/movie is boring fluff and not worth my time. In these cases (where the excerpt has lured me into expecting more quality material), I feel I've been the victim of bait-and-switch just to sell more ads or popcorn.
- _delirium 15y agoI agree, which is why I think interface-wise, Reddit/HN type link sites are somewhat of a step backwards from Slashdot, by providing only titles rather than a brief blurb summarizing why the article is being linked and what's interesting about it. (The fact that Slashdot blurbs are often not very good is of course a problem with that model.)