pedanterrific comments on I hate TL;DR - Less Wrong

21 Post author: MarkusRamikin 20 September 2011 09:23AM

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Comment author: pedanterrific 20 September 2011 12:29:02PM 7 points [-]

It seems to me that there is a large and relevant distinction between "tl;dr" and "in summation" - namely, they signal membership in different groups.

I've only ever used tl;dr to summarize my own comments, and I only do that when I am consciously attempting to signal humility and low status (as shorthand for "I'm a student, not a professor".)