I agree with you. Time is important and while long posts can contain interesting information I often think is it worth my time? If I want to put my free time into reading, I'll read a book and stay away from the computer.
There is so much information on the internet and there have been so many times where I have read a long article and felt it was a complete waste of time in the end.
I define my posts as medium although for some they are more short-stories. With the right post-styling it is possible to state out the important things about the post. To start a discussion maybe even that can go on in the comments. This is much more interesting for me than a long post where the author already speaks from every aspect and I feel there is no need to share my opinion anymore. ^^
You have a very good point @kassixo! In these days I have read a book after long time (the work and life kept me busy and away of reading anything but technical stuff). I believe that in this world there is so much information that we could spend all of our lifves reading and we would never finish.
I try to post short enough articles most of the time, but as I said, the community got used to associate short articles with the lack of effort so these posts are not well rewarded (or not rewarded at all :)
I don't think it's right. I mean if the post is one paragraph or 3 sentences long it could be considered as too short, but a post with a few paragraphs and beautiful markdown can still mean a lot and be really informative. -.-
I, for example, have upvoted a few long posts for the effort as well, but I have to admit I only managed to read 40% of the post when I was like "okay.. it's gonna be too long and it seems like took much effort so I'm just gonna upvote this because of pity or something". :D
Well, I was not saying about a short post like a paragraph or two, but posts like the one I tried to answer, @lukestokes post, he is considering it short, but it is not that short.
I'm just gonna upvote this because of pity or something - I have done this too with long posts sometimes, but I don't think that I will do it again. If the post does not bring useful information, then it should not get visibility from upvotes, it won't be fair for others who work a lot at their posts and also bring original information.
I like that you admit sincerely that you don't read some long posts entirely, I am ashamed to admit and say this to others, even if I do it sometimes. I still have to work on my courage :)
This is one of my strongest and aslo weakest feature. I alway say my opinion honestly, even if sometimes I shouldn't. :'D