• SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    TL;DR? Why not just go watch another five second video of a kitten with its head in a toilet roll, or a 140 character description of a meal your friend just stuffed in their mouth. “nom nom”. This blog post is not for you.

    Well played Blogger. Well played.

    • professor@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      To me, it just came across as petulant. Ironically, the “conclusion” was basically a TLDR for anyone interested.

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        1 year ago

        Way before “tldr” became something on the internet, research papers had an abstract and news articles had a lead that tells you what the article is about.

        I think this article is very good but replacing the abstract/lead by a snug paragraph is not a good idea.

        • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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          Fun fact, the top part of a news article is actually called a “lede”. This originated not because it’s actually a different word from “lead”, but because in written form the latter could be confused with the metal “lead”. It’s described as “a deliberate misspelling of lead”.