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How does copying the first paragraph of the linked README and adding three words improve the conversation?
by barganzo 4y ago
How does copying the first paragraph of the linked README and adding three words improve the conversation?
- xwolfi 4y agoI really liked he did that, completely changed the perspective on the comments. I never click on links. Even if he did not improve as much as he did our discussion, did you have to be so mean. It's Christmas, let him have it.
- heinrichhartman 4y agoI am greatful for this summary, as I usually check the comments before the link, to see if its worth to click through the cookie consent and Ad spam found on most sites, as well as digging out punchlines from lengthy articles.
- barganzo 4y agoThe linked site is GitHub which has neither of those things.
- heinrichhartman 4y agoI don't change habits depending on the site that is linked. And I appreciate a summary in the comments.
- rajamaka 4y agoI don't think I have ever made it past the comments on here, so I found it pretty helpful.
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- jjtheblunt 4y agoI see your account is 1 day old, and your question makes total sense to me too. So, welcome, glad to have you here of course. The answer is a commented "tldr" is widely used on news.ycombinator.com, and, as comments below say, it's become a conventional courtesy: people tend to scan comments for tldrs, in order to possibly avoid digressing into commonly (but not always) long winded posts.
- barganzo 4y agoRight, but to not even open the linked page when it is so tiny seems an obvious mistake.
- benreesman 4y agoFWIW I’ve been around for ages and I routinely browse the comments to get signal on whether or not the linked content is worthwhile.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoyep same here: have been here since before it started, and the new person didn't realize such.