> Plus sensationalistic title and pedantic introduction.
This, not so useful (and unkind)...
Had the author written merely the tl;dr line above do you think his important observation would have gotten the attention it deserves?
The author outlined his thought process to show that his observation was actually based on non-trivial research.
While I like tl;dr's, I appreciate intros that put things in context, and I'm more likely to trust observations whose underpinnings are spelled out.
> Plus sensationalistic title and pedantic introduction.
This, not so useful (and unkind)...
Had the author written merely the tl;dr line above do you think his important observation would have gotten the attention it deserves?
The author outlined his thought process to show that his observation was actually based on non-trivial research.
While I like tl;dr's, I appreciate intros that put things in context, and I'm more likely to trust observations whose underpinnings are spelled out.