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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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