LJ cuts

[sobrique]

Every now and then the discussion of whether to LJ-cut on livejournal arises.

Currently, I'm really only doing so when I have pictures, or 'non worksafeness' to hide.

However, in general:

Pros:
You're shortening the 'summary' of your journal, and resultant 'friends' pages.
It's one 'waggle' of the scroll wheel to skip, rather than several.

Cons:
You're declaring to the world that what you have to say is irrelevant.
If the reader _does_ want to read your post, they have to click a link, open it in a new window, or whatever.

Have I missed any?

And what's your opinion? What should, or shouldn't be cut?
Should one default to cutting _every_ post, since that's minimising wear and tear on the scrollwheel, and it's all irrelevant bollocks anyway? Or do you find it just as easy to skip by pressing 'pgdn' twice, instead of once?

Hmm, maybe I'll turn it into a poll, once I've got an idea of 'answers'.

Comments

[jambon-gris.livejournal.com]

I am strongly against cut tags, but then ive no idea how to do one.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

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