Even better is to post the text of paywalled articles so people without access can still read them.
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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Absolutely. Nothing more annoying than seeing an article that looks interesting but it's paywalled and there isn't even a summary in the replies.
Interesting thought. I honestly post without my own text on links because I'm hoping to engender conversation, and I always felt that by having my own thoughts tied directly to the link in that way kind of steers discussion. Instead I will post the link alone and then add a comment. I'd love to hear some other perspectives on it.
I solve this by just quoting the article at the points that describe/explain why I'm sharing it
Yeah I'd much prefer people do it your way - or just the link is fine if you want to share and don't have a comment.
I always liked Metafilter's "Front Page Post" where the text body included many more links and information about the subject. (I have linked here to what I consider a particularly well done example) They often also include links to previous discussions about the same subject.
I think there's some quality writers out there and some people doing really good research (and I'm not just talking about DD in /r/Superstonk), and having additional information is of great service to deeper discussion. Otherwise half of the discussion can be unknowingly a retread of very well-worn ideas. That's less likely to happen the more information is added.
I like the idea of a TL;DR at the beginning of a post, but I also like the idea of additional links and information "below the jump" as the beanplaters at MeFi say. This allows the best of both worlds, a quick rundown as well as more information for those who wish to view it.
Down for tl;drs
I remember /r/politics had the tldr bot, would there be anyway to get that going on news heavy communities?
It might even be possible to automate this with one of the GPTs -- ask for a summary of the page. That's going to make it really hard for real journalists to get paid though
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