• erwan@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Way before “tldr” became something on the internet, research papers had an abstract and news articles had a lead that tells you what the article is about.

    I think this article is very good but replacing the abstract/lead by a snug paragraph is not a good idea.

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      1 year ago

      Fun fact, the top part of a news article is actually called a “lede”. This originated not because it’s actually a different word from “lead”, but because in written form the latter could be confused with the metal “lead”. It’s described as “a deliberate misspelling of lead”.