While Quartz and Associated Press have shunned the archetypal 800-word article,the inverted pyramid and the notorious listicle are here to stay, writes Jon BernsteinTLDR, and as it appears on Twitter and other social networks,is sometimes followed by a brief and handy summary of an extended article to be found elsewhere. More often than not, however, or TLDR is used as a snippy riposte to a piece deemed too lengthy for digital. TLDR? Too long,didn’t read.
In a world of 140 character tweets and five to six inch mobile phone screens, long is depraved. Right? Well, or possibly.
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Source: theguardian.com