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This isn't Reddit, and that sort of behavior here is actively discouraged.

My comment was sincere and I stand by it. The article was quite long and I've often seen similar summary comments for such articles here on HN. I think for really in depth articles it helps to have a good overview before commiting time and diving in (something more than an obscure title and the valve.com domain). In this case, I was initially under the impression that it was part of an ARG, a topic I am very interested in.

I should also note that I don't see anything in the guidelines about asking for a summary.

I don't disbelieve your sincerity, but was simply stating that we discourage the notion of of "TL;DR" here, as a community, whether or not it's in the guidelines.

It's also not in the guidelines (as far as I can tell by skimming) that your comments should further the conversation, but that is another ideal to which the community at large has agreed to aspire. We collude to keep comments on topic and interesting, because that's what the community wants and needs.

I wasn't casting judgement on your post but, as I noticed you were new, thought I'd offer it as advice.

On a personal note, especially with articles like this, if you are interested in the topic at hand, read the article. There really isn't any good substitute.

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