Many HN articles could be summarized in a tweet

2 points by xchip ↗ HN
Since time leeching articles goes against HN spirit, there should have a way to flag these posts.

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Some people may like it though (to adequate limit).

Anyway, isn’t a headline already a good summary? Tbh, 50%+ of my comments go into threads which I never tapped the link of, or at least I check comments first. Partly because a discussion is more interesting than an article and the latter can be seen simply as a pretext for chatting about something relevant (often not).

Edit: Also some users, either author or someone else, may write a summary as a comment and/or warn about lengthy post style. Seen it, done it.

When I realize I have fallen into one of these articles I usually write a TL;DR, not something the authors might like but it makes me feel better by converting my time wasted into good for others