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I read through the first 5 pages, still didn't get what the article was going on about. Who has time to read 10 pages worth of full-on wall text these days? I
by garrethv 12y ago
I read through the first 5 pages, still didn't get what the article was going on about. Who has time to read 10 pages worth of full-on wall text these days? I came here for the comments to read the tldr version.
- nashashmi 12y agoMe too.The text was too long and I think I may have missed the point. And all this despite the fact that I love reading.
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- dodders 12y agoSerious question: Why do you click on HN links if you don't have the time to read the article?
- pepon 12y agoYou seem obsessed with this issue, right? Why do summaries and abstracts exist? Why people do TL;DR versions on Reddit? Well, these things exist for the same reason that you visit links that you don't have time to read. By the way, how do you know if an article is 10 pages long or 10 words long before actually visiting the link? If you visit an article because the title sounds interesting and then you find out that it is 300 pages long, would you read it? Or you would be crazy enough to read the TL;DR version?? But remember, if you read the TL;DR version, keep it in secret, otherwise someone will come and ask you why the heck you visit articles that you do not have time to read.