(October 4, 2017 at 12:18 pm)alpha male Wrote: People should summarize a link, or quote the most relevant passages, precisely because people are unlikely to spend hours reading links just to respond to a post on the internet. Linking to a long web article without summarizing is a tactic to appear to be making a point without actually making one, and linking to a book is just ridiculous.
It isn't about reading links to respond to a post. It's about reading material to to challenge your own position that suspiciously looks like it was pulled directly from your ass.
But hey, if you care not about educating yourself, you're hardly in a position to argue against those who are.
