Not true! As the saying goes, &quot;I would have written a shorter letter, but I didn&#x27;t have the time.&quot;[1]<p>Writing a shorter post, especially one that summarizes what you&#x27;ll get out of an article, typically takes more mental work since you have to pack more insight into fewer words.<p>Writing an investigative article, of course, takes more time and thought but it&#x27;s not because you&#x27;re putting more words out; if anything, padding it with flowery novel-style antidotes (that took little research) is how they make them artificially long, and it annoys me greatly.<p>If what you have to say legitimately requires 5000 words, go for it! Otherwise, your long post is not improving the exchange of ideas.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikiquote.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Blaise_Pascal" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikiquote.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Blaise_Pascal</a>