> 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.
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.
I would have written a shorter letter, but I didn't have the time...