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308 sats \ 22 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Dec \ on: Would you prefer a teaser or the spoiler for an article post? meta
My meta answer is that you should do the posts how you like to do them.
My practical answer is that relatively few people click through to the article, so you might get better discussions by just excerpting the main or most interesting point(s).
I like the way you do it, but many of these are articles I read anyway.
Ok, I can see the relevance of giving out the kill shot and spoiling the full article. The click through rate must be somewhat low.
I notice that you are reading the same material that I am reading! The posts tell the tale.
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I've gone through a few iterations of what context I include. Eventually, I settled on just sharing the blurb that the Mises Institute includes and any figures that appear in the article.
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I have tried that but people reading the articles have sometimes suggested a better "kill shot" for the articles. Kill shot being the heart of the article or argument in the article. My objection to that is that you do not see the reasoning behind the kill shot.
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That was my difficulty when I used to try to include excerpts. Sometimes I struggled to find ones that packed a strong self-contained punch.
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I think that is what the commentators mean by "kill shot". Many of the articles have multiple kill shots, I think.
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I actually read the articles.
I try to take the more interesting part out and quote it.
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I appreciate when you do that. It helps give the conversation life and you don't always choose the same part that I would.
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There are times that I have.
I actually do it to pick your brain, its always nice to get another perspective.
There have been times where I have read an article and found I got the opposite perspective of what you talked about.
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That's interesting too.
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Everybody brings a different preconception to the reading of any article. We are individuals, not yet molded into the precise thought forms that THEY want for us.
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Everything is like that. We are all individuals. With the exception of NPCs we all have a different point of view and thinking style.
Keep in mind that I don't necessarily agree with the author, so I might respond to the passage you highlight differently than the author would.
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I can try to do a better job of indicating whether I'm trying to explain what the author meant or giving my opinion of the content.
That is the objective of doing the posting commentary.
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You are quite right, highlighting the main points gives the reader their introduction and the ability to enjoy reading.
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Yes, there is a point to letting people draw their own conclusion on what is the “kill shot” without me finding something I think is the meat of the article.
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