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Life & fun · August 21, 2011

Save reading time with the TL;DR PLZ bookmarklet

Hey all, this is a small bookmarklet my partner made last week to save short summaries of long-winded web posts. Hopefully you can help others save time by sharing your TL;DRs with the world. You can also up/downvote the TL;DRs other users post. It should work with your iPad, too. http://tldrplz.com

Save reading time with the TL;DR PLZ bookmarklet launched on August 21, 2011 with 44 votes, #35 of 248 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 15 years on.

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TL;DR PLZ is a bookmarklet tool that helps users save and share summaries of lengthy web articles. Users can create short TL;DRs of long-winded posts and contribute them to a community where others vote on summaries' usefulness. The tool works across devices, including iPads, enabling readers to quickly access condensed versions of content shared by the community.

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tldrplz turns creator and podcast knowledge into utility for builders — poll a knowledge engine from any agent via MCP or CLI, with attribution to every creator.

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