[Swizec]

> The attention paid to each line decreases exponentially as you continue.

Man, with that writing style ... absolutely!

Or maybe I'm just writing a comment that is intentionally long to prove my point that people don't read comments, which are long and very obviously without much more content.

Here I am admiting that this comment is longer than it needs be because I'm lazy and trying to prove a point which was marginally hinted at by the parent comment, which was also an example of a comment that is too long for its own good, albeit that one was trying to prove a different point.

No there is no punchline, I am just trying to show that writing in an overly baroque style and often repeating fluff phrases that don't really mean anything or add any new information is useless ... again, there is no punchline. This whole comment is a punchline.

See?

[austenallred]

It's not as interesting, you're right, so it depends on your purpose. If your sole purpose is conversion (not providing information), that's the style of writing you should use.

Of course, where you are in search of more legitimate and technical discussion, you would be much more elaborate, but that is (strangely enough) unlikely to convert as well.