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I need a quippy response to say it’s not that bad, I promise, google or click the link and scan it. Then let’s chat about what you think

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[-] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

TL/DR has always meant that when written in response to a wall of text. If you’re going to post a wall of text, you need to accept that the VAST majority of people will not read it, and include a summary. Convention has evolved that the poster can highlight a summary of their wall of text themselves (and avoid a snarky “TL/DR” comment from others) by the poster highlighting the summary with their own TL/DR notation.

TL/DR: If people are throwing TLDR at you, you need to practice summarizing, rather than comeback quips.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, if someone is too lazy to read one page of a book in equivalent text, they're the ones that need to accept that their attention span and brain Ned need more exercise.

Fuck dumbing down the world

[-] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

And the upvote history of walls of text in a social network known for primarily short to mid length comments really backs up your argument. I’m not saying dumb down the world, I’m saying know your stage and the expectations of your audience.

[-] numbscroll@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I’m probably being over idealistic. I like summaries and I look for those myself! It’s frustrating when there’s a post but the OP doesn’t provide any point of view. But I also see a lot of comments on kbin/lemmy/fedi that either ignore the summary or don’t bother to check out the context. I’m really interested in what people think I guess.

[-] numbscroll@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I suppose I’m aiming at a middle ground where yes things should be summarized… but also take a look too, it’s interesting, I want to know what you think after scanning.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It literally always meant that?

It stands for "too long; didn't read."

[-] numbscroll@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I didn’t get my point across very well. I was thinking about folks that ignore the tl;dr

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago

Ah that makes more sense. It read like it was about people responding to a wall of text with "tl;dr" asking you to give them a summary.

[-] numbscroll@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I could have worked on my own tl;dr phrasing a bit. Thanks for the comment!

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