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"It is important to know what is going on in the world around you. But to know every detail, every update, every little thing that happens? No." tl;dr Says the
by BenoitEssiambre 14y ago
"It is important to know what is going on in the world around you. But to know every detail, every update, every little thing that happens? No."
tl;dr Says there is a problem with tl;dr, arguments reveal why we need tl;dr more than ever.
- BenoitEssiambre 14y agoSeriously though, this post is full of confusion. "However, the focus on speed and efficiency is not a good interim approach until we solve that problem better. News is an endless consumable; there’s always more to be read, endlessly produced. Making it more efficent solves a problem on the wrong side of the equation: how can the journalists get readers more information, more quickly?" "tl;dr" is the opposite of speed and efficiency. It's about getting less information so that we don't always have to be speedy and efficient readers. It doesn't get you "more information more quickly" it simply gets you _less information_ when you don't need to have it all. "the question really boils down to: where can I read content that interests me, the reader, and avoid the cruft?" Well that's where 'tl;dr' type summaries help you. you can just read the tl;dr, summary or headline and avoid the cruft by not reading the rest if it doesn't appeal to you. I believe the tl;dr should actually precede the detailed version as a headline or abstract that helps guide readers and let them choose whether to read further. However I realise this can sometimes result in spoilage.