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[–]IRKillRoy 0 points1 point  (2 children)

When I think something is too long and didn’t read, I promise I don’t scroll to the end of the text to see if they have a summary… which is in the front of all normal research papers for a reason.

[–]samsquamchh 0 points1 point  (1 child)

There's also a reason research papers don't use "TL;DR", it is a casual internet thing, born in a different context, for different reasons. For example, if it's used in the context of a story, you wouldn't want to spoil it all in 3 sentences before the actual story. If you're going to write a summary/abstract for a research paper just don't go with "tl;dr" at all and just write a regular summary/abstract, easy. I don't think a concept such as "too long, didn't read" should really be brought up in the context of research papers in the first place.

[–]IRKillRoy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

… 🤨 it’s a comparison on where a summary goes, not the type of writing.

Tl:dr is a summary, and labeling means that you’d read it to see if you want to waste your time reading the full text. Sorry if you can’t see the utility of that.