I don’t get it. Is it about taking away from the craft of writing or arc of the story? Stripping out the details that fill in the beauty of the story and language?

I get that argument. But there’s another one.

I love TL;DRs because I like to recursively consume information. It’s a layer of info that I can see within the timespan my attention has available. Then, if it interests me, I’ll loop back around to consume more. If it doesn’t, I drop it quickly because I have volumes of other content demanding my attention.

Heck, I’ve even considered adding multiple TL;DRs to my articles, each with their own format/length, to support the neurodivergent community that reads in layers.

It’s not a battle I’m willing to die on, because I’m just automating my own TL;DRs (personalized for MY life) for every article I read via a browser plug-in.

So, there!