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I don't think TL;DR carries that connotation universally. At work, whenever we send out an email to the whole team, we start with a tl;dr. An example would be
by schrodinger 12y ago
I don't think TL;DR carries that connotation universally. At work, whenever we send out an email to the whole team, we start with a tl;dr.
An example would be "TL;dr git repository will be down from 4-6", and then the rest of the email will explain why and what's going on in more detail. It's really just emphasizing the key takeaway.
- hueving 12y agoThe difference between those use cases is an author voluntarily providing a 'tl;dr' short summary for convenience vs a lazy reader just dumping that comment on an article that dared to challenge his/her attention span.
- barrkel 12y agoThe article doesn't challenge one's attention span; it dilutes any information it contains with anecdotes and colour.