"cliffs?"

[pontifex]

So why do people come to an internet forum where its required to read to find out what the discussion is about and ask for cliffs?

is your attention span really that short or are you afraid that there might be some "big" words in the post you don't understand or just too stupid that you won't understand anything other than "alba is hot" or "did you watch american idol"? i really feel sorry for the people who have to ask for cliffs or say "too long, not reading".

do you really even need to tell everyone that you're - ooh Lost is on!....look at that spider on the wall...hey, was that a Hummer that just drove by? - not going to read it?

 

[Ika]

makes it easier for people who have crappy reading comprehension and can't follow big paragraphs.

you should've written cliffs for your story too.

 

[Thraxen]

cliffs?

 

[Blazin Trav]

People are lazy morons.

Originally posted by: Thraxen
cliffs?

:disgust:

Originally posted by: Aflac
makes it easier for people who have crappy reading comprehension and can't follow big paragraphs.

you should've written cliffs for your story too.

So people who use computers a lot, right? Meaning pretty much everyone on this forum? Wouldn't that just mean those people have bad attention spans?

 

[imported_LoKe]

Because cliff-notes are a good way of expressing a point quickly. It's a common practice to include cliff-notes in your works, and that's not just on forums.

In addition to that, a person wants to know if the story is worth reading before they waste their time on it.

 

[dullard]

I only ask for cliffs when the original post is written so poorly that I can't understand their logic. Half the time, I'll just leave that thread. But the other half of the time I think I have something important to say. So I ask for a brief clarification. What is wrong with that?

 

[lightweight]

I think there's a difference between asking for a brief clarification and a itemized summary of the whole story. Most of the time people ask for cliffs because they want the story, but don't want to read the story.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: lightweight
I think there's a difference between asking for a brief clarification and a itemized summary of the whole story. Most of the time people ask for cliffs because they want the story, but don't want to read the story.

What's the point in reading a two page story if all you're looking to get out of it is the intention and the result. If they wanted to read a book, they would. With that being said, how hard is it to include cliff-notes in your work?