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> I don't really get why some people seem to think that it's somehow better to have their bullet point prompt as a huge text

Probably people who have never wanted to put the required thinking effort in a simple, structured response to a question, and now think that "a lot of words" magically solves that skill issue.

I would have written a shorter letter, but I didn't have the time...
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We intuitively think large documents show significant thought.

I don't just mean the readers.

The generators of slop often think this is useful.

Things have changed.

Our intuition has not.