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>Just let your submission speak for itself! Providing a tl;dr as a first comment just encourages people to comment without reading the actual article. I honest
by Swenrekcah 3y ago
>Just let your submission speak for itself! Providing a tl;dr as a first comment just encourages people to comment without reading the actual article.
I honestly think that ship has sailed.
So it's probably better to post a well thought out tl;dr as the first comment than nothing at all.
Otherwise agree.
- pvg 3y agoThe ML ones are disallowed and get flagged, the other ones are mostly discouraged and moderated away. So you're almost certainly not better off posting a TLDR.
- Manheim 3y agoIt was meant to give people an interest to read the whole article. It is a long read after all. But you are absolutely right, the effect could be the opposite. Let it be a note to my future self to not make TL;DR's when sharing.