In the past few weeks, I’ve seen a number of really short diaries posted here. Basically, these diaries consist of a short quote from some outside story or article or opinion, plus a link, and nothing else. No comment, no analysis, no explanation. Basically just clickbait.
Can we please stop this? The whole point of this forum, or so I’ve long believed, is for members to discuss the news of the day, or the trends of the week, or the direction of the country over the years. (Plus the pooties, of course.) Whatever. The point is discussion. Throwing out a quick note with no comment, no explanation, seems to me to be contrary to the spirit and intent of the forum. People click on diaries because something about the title moves us to want to know more, to read what is going on and why the diary writer thinks it’s important we should know about it. Leaving that out is a disservice to the dKos community.
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In response to the comments suggesting I'm being hypocritical in making a short diary, two points:
These are all my own thoughts.
I said enough to make my point. There was no need to make it longer solely to ward off a retort.