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Am I alone in that whenever I see a TL;DR at the top of something, I immediately lose interest because it appears to want to appeal to the idiocracy. Ironic, I
by gjvc 12y ago
Am I alone in that whenever I see a TL;DR at the top of something, I immediately lose interest because it appears to want to appeal to the idiocracy.
Ironic, I know.
- Shish2k 12y agoIn the 30 minutes where the example was at the bottom of the README: 7 upvotes. In the 30 minutes where the example was moved to the top, so you could see it without scrolling: 30 upvotes. Given the fast-paced nature of HN, getting to the point ASAP seems to have significant merit. All the other projects that I've announced on HN, with weeks of work put into them, and websites which expect the user to spend 5 minutes reading before they get the point, have had no upvotes or comments at all :-P
- dspillett 12y agoIt is useful to give you the gist of what you are about to read, and why you might want to or not if you were not sure. It is a more informal version of papers having an abstract on the front page.
- dragonwriter 12y agoA first-party TL;DR is just another name for what in more formal contexts is called an "abstract" or "executive summary". I'm not particularly fond myself of that name having caught on for that use, but I can't manage to be as put-off by it as you say you are.
- swasheck 12y agoYeah, I think I'd rather see a format of: Abstract: Content:
- empthought 12y agoI was tl;dring before tl;dring was cool. In fact, it was called "Executive Summary" and was greatly appreciated by people who make more in a year than I will make in my life.