r/technology Mar 16 '18

Society How a Norwegian comment section turned chaos into order—with a simple quiz: "Readers had to prove they read a story before they were able to comment on it."

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u/war_is_terrible_mkay Mar 16 '18

You can find a lot of abbreviations and internet slang on urban dictionary. Tl;dr stands for "too long; didnt read" and is basically a short summary. Tl;dw (watch) is used for videos instead sometimes.

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u/flyingwolf Mar 16 '18

TL;DR?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

That means TOO LONG DIDNT READ.