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> In the Real World™, a tl;dr is called an "Executive Summary." Umm, no. "tl,dr" means "I didn't read it, don't think that you should, and now I'm going to te
by anamax 15y ago
> In the Real World™, a tl;dr is called an "Executive Summary."
Umm, no. "tl,dr" means "I didn't read it, don't think that you should, and now I'm going to tell you how smart I am."
Executive summaries are written by people who bothered to read {whatever}. Some are even written by folks who aren't tooting their own horn.
- seiji 15y agoThat's a good point. Originally tl;dr was written by other people who were summarizing an overly long post. Now people preemptively tl;dr their own overly long posts. Write more concisely and make a point instead of tl;dr'ing yourself.
- te_chris 15y agoThey're also read by people who may not have time to read the article in depth but still want to be at least a little familiar with the substance....
- gala8y 15y agoI prefer 'Summary' or 'Abstract'. 'Executive Summary' _forces_ me to think of gentlemen in suits as if only their time would matter. Its used in business contexts, where it rightly belongs (where person reading the paper will make some decisions based on it, ie. will execute.) Abstracts are abstractions (makes sense for scientific papers). Summaries... well... summarize. Plus... calling Summary a 'tl;dr' is somehow informal and ok, me thinks.