Does anybody else hate when people say TL;DR and honestly how long does it take to read a few sentences anyway? Also why even reply to a thread if you didn't even bother to read it, it's just so damn pointless.
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I can understand not wanting to read something that's three pages long on a subject that doesn't pique your interest, but yeah, tl;dr is pretty pointless. Why bothering responding?
I mean, calling out walls of text, yeah. That's legitimate. But complaining about length isn't necessary.
I mean, calling out walls of text, yeah. That's legitimate. But complaining about length isn't necessary.
It's even more annoying when they post it on a review you might have spent two to four weeks writing up... ¬¬Marter said:
So yes, I hate them.
Still, it's a free bump, so it's not all bad in the end, if you lok at the bigger picture.
I'm sure someone will beat me to this but...
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Seriously though, I think its a quite acceptable comment if a post is a "wall of text".
Make what your writing clear, concise and interesting. If it must be excrutiatingly long, break it up into segments and summarise where possible.
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Seriously though, I think its a quite acceptable comment if a post is a "wall of text".
Make what your writing clear, concise and interesting. If it must be excrutiatingly long, break it up into segments and summarise where possible.
That's a good point. An important part of communicating something is to be concise. If it's longer then it needs to be maybe people shouldn't have to read it, and saying TL;DR helps them learn to get to the point.Marter said:
Of course that is not why they are posting it... -,-
If a thread is just a gigantic block of text, it can be very annoying. Put some links in it to make colour. Add a picture or two. Use paragraphs. Use the quotation commands to organize your information. And try to bring your point across in as concise a manner as possible. If a thread is just a gigantic block of text, it can be very annoying. Put some links in it to make colour. Add a picture or two. Use paragraphs. Use the quotation commands to organize your information. And try to bring your point across in as concise a manner as possible. If a thread is just a gigantic block of text, it can be very annoying. Put some links in it to make colour. Add a picture or two. Use paragraphs. Use the quotation commands to organize your information. And try to bring your point across in as concise a manner as possible. If a thread is just a gigantic block of text, it can be very annoying. Put some links in it to make colour. Add a picture or two. Use paragraphs. Use the quotation commands to organize your information. And try to bring your point across in as concise a manner as possible. If a thread is just a gigantic block of text, it can be very annoying. Put some links in it to make colour. Add a picture or two. Use paragraphs. Use the quotation commands to organize your information. And try to bring your point across in as concise a manner as possible. If a thread is just a gigantic block of text, it can be very annoying. Put some links in it to make colour. Add a picture or two. Use paragraphs. Use the quotation commands to organize your information. And try to bring your point across in as concise a manner as possible. If a thread is just a gigantic block of text, it can be very annoying. Put some links in it to make colour. Add a picture or two. Use paragraphs. Use the quotation commands to organize your information. And try to bring your point across in as concise a manner as possible.
TLDR: If a thread is just a gigantic block of text, it can be very annoying. Put some links in it to make colour. Add a picture or two. Use paragraphs. Use the quotation commands to organize your information. And try to bring your point across in as concise a manner as possible.
TLDR: If a thread is just a gigantic block of text, it can be very annoying. Put some links in it to make colour. Add a picture or two. Use paragraphs. Use the quotation commands to organize your information. And try to bring your point across in as concise a manner as possible.
I would, except that I skip over walls of text all time. I'm sorry, but this is the internet. 80% of it isn't worth looking at, 19% is porn, and 1% is worth looking at and NOT porn. Those aren't good odds.
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OT: Well there are some reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaalllllyyy long posts that can be essay length. Those I don't mind the poster putting a TL;DR part at the end, but I agree that when the post is like a paragraph long, there's no need to have a TL;DR summary.
Plus sometimes I'm intimidated by the walls of text I come across. Especially when they just look like a huge block of text.
OT: Well there are some reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaalllllyyy long posts that can be essay length. Those I don't mind the poster putting a TL;DR part at the end, but I agree that when the post is like a paragraph long, there's no need to have a TL;DR summary.
Plus sometimes I'm intimidated by the walls of text I come across. Especially when they just look like a huge block of text.
Yeah, I'm a little slow in my writing process. Mainly as I have a few other things that require attention first, plus I'm not a great conveyor of my thoughts and opinions, unlike you are.Marter said:...Sassafrass said:
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You spend that long writing your reviews?
It does annoy me when people actually post TLR, especially when they're arguing with someone and they refuse to read the post that they are responding to. However, I occasionally include a TLR section in my longer posts, but I use it more as a way to summarize and close out an overly long and complicated post than as an actual option for people too lazy to read it.
R, especially when they're arguing with someone and they refuse to read the post that they are responding to. However, I occasionally include a TLR section in my longer posts, but I use it more as a way to summarize and close out an overly long and complicated post than as an actual option for people too lazy to read it.
I find it really annoying. If you don't want to read it, move on. Why post? As a writer, it's really frustrating to go to all the effort of putting up an article just to have some asshole pop in to say that they didn't read it.
I don't care what you think if you can't even be bothered to read. So don't post. In my opinion, posting TL;DR should be worthy of a probation, under the "Low Content Posts" rule.
I don't care what you think if you can't even be bothered to read. So don't post. In my opinion, posting TL;DR should be worthy of a probation, under the "Low Content Posts" rule.
What's even worse is when they don't read it because 'you're attacking them'.Owyn_Merrilin said:It does annoy me when people actually post TL
I'll have to agree that TL;DR is little more than saying, "Yeah, I'm going to be a douche." Length is not quality; some walls of text are nothing but redundant blather that has no thought behind it. Other posts consist of thought out arguments or significant information and don't collapse into a blurb. TL;DR is just pure fluff. "I didn't bother to look at what you wrote, so I have no idea if it's well thought out or not, but I'm entitled to attach a smarmy note to it." Zero content, zero use.
Just ignore someone if you don't want to read them.
Just ignore someone if you don't want to read them.
This is the only forum I frequent, and the most common form of TL;DR I see is when people put it at the end of their own posts because they acknowledge their thread introduction or post was really long. Obviously this doesn't bother me, but I think it's advisable to read their entire post if you want to reply anyway.
I have seen people say it in response to a wall of text on this site, but it's not such an issue that it would bother me.
I have seen people say it in response to a wall of text on this site, but it's not such an issue that it would bother me.
