DaFranker comments on In favour of terseness - Less Wrong

12 Post author: Sophronius 08 March 2014 06:01PM

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Comment author: shminux 08 March 2014 11:12:13PM *  8 points [-]

A few (concise) notes:

  • Being concise or verbose is a false dilemma. You can structure your post so that it can be both. (I posted about it here years ago.)

  • You assume that if "terseness makes posts more readable" to you, then it applies equally to everyone. It doesn't.

  • Crossing an inferential gap is harder in a short post, unless you are an amazing writer.

  • If you scan through the site carefully, there are plenty of quality short posts here.

Comment author: DaFranker 10 March 2014 01:04:24PM *  0 points [-]

An extra note:

Crossing an inferential gap is harder in a short post, unless you are an amazing writer.

In the quote, the qualification is unnecessary. Ceteris paribus, it's usually harder in a short post, regardless of general writing skill.