Indeed. In the course of running Skim That, I've heard people refer to TL;DR as a tool for the lazy or that it encourages people not to read and be ill-informed

Indeed. In the course of running Skim That, I've heard people refer to TL;DR as a tool for the lazy or that it encourages people not to read and be ill-informed. I think it's just the opposite. People care, that's why they're there reading things in the first place. The TL;DR helps people get more done.