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Opinion: bring back exuberant footnote culture — online pages allow it

By Asanka de Silva

April 27, 2026 5:59 AM GMT+0 Updated April 27, 2026

Hyperlinks orphaned mid-paragraph waste cognitive promise of digital longform. THELEDGER/SILVA Purchase Licensing Rights ↗

April 27 (TheLedger) - I miss when editors let writers tuck gnarlier rejoinders six lines below baseline copy.

Responsive CSS now handles accordion footnotes gracefully—revive them.

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