Too long, didn't read? WHAT THE FUCK?

[themostepotente]

tl;dr

Okay -- this is just assinine.

Came across this on gmth's journal. And Gina, count me among those that had no fucking clue what the initials stood for either. *G*

Forget rude. There should be a Darwin Awards for stupid fucking fandom assholes.

Do you know how many stories I would have missed out on if I based my reading on length?

Fic is NOT a cock. Length does NOT matter.

I mean if something looks promising and you haven't the time, why wouldn't you just fucking bookmark?

If anything I'm more off-put by shorter fics, but Christ I read 'anything' that catches my eye.

Fuck, FIND me a 100,000 word Snack fic and I WILL BE ALL OVER THE MOTHERFUCKER!

So now I have to ask...

Is length (long or short) off-putting to a reader?

--P

ETA: Okay, I'm a dumbshit. I didn't read all the way down. Apparently it applies to comments not fics. But I'm with Gina, I wouldn't be surprised if someone didn't use this for fic either.

Comments

[jetis.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one that thinks tl;dr is just fucking rude no matter where you use it? I mean, I don't care if it's fic or comments--if it's too long to hold your attention span, just move the hell on and shut up--don't make the person who took the time to write it feel like an ass.

Obviously, I've got some serious [read: anger] issues with this.

[tipgardner.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I'm with the Jet woman!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

No, I think it's terribly rude no matter the context. Unless, it's an inside or shared joke, but how often does that happen?