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I've never seen a TL;DR that wouldn't serve the reader better if it were put at the beginning, rather than the end.
by Pitarou 14y ago
I've never seen a TL;DR that wouldn't serve the reader better if it were put at the beginning, rather than the end.
- repsilat 14y agoOften when I begin writing a comment the ideas I want to get across are only half-formed. Once I've written out a bunch of text exploring an issue I often hit themes and conclusions that weren't clear to me before I started typing. It seems bad to admit this, but I'm either too lazy to go back and rewrite or I just don't care enough about the audience to give them a well-formed read. Occasionally I think I'd feel "dirty" going back and putting the conclusion at the top, as though I'd be pretending that the insight came to me fully-formed, that my stream of consciousness just happened to dispense a perfect micro-essay on the topic. That said, many of the best comments I read are "well-composed", and the posts made without relfection or consideration probably contribute to the decline in tone. TL;DR: I'm conflicted.