I suspect citing sources and methods in detail might be considered 'boring' for ...

		londons_explore on Dec 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: France's AMF watchdog fines Bloomberg €5M over Vin... I suspect citing sources and methods in detail might be considered 'boring' for the average reader if done within the prose of the article. Perhaps what is needed is a new normal that articles online will have footnotes which are only shown to those who want to see them - that way the body of the article can be short and succinct, with the 'borig' citations in the footnotes.

If they're footnotes, they're already at the bottom of the article. No need to hide them further.