I wonder if sometimes the opposite might happen. On occasion I will look something up and I find an article that is super long. Provides a lot of information anyone searching for this will already know and then bury the short answer at the end. At the same time if I find the question/answer on stackoverflow or Reddit it's super terse, I get exactly what I came for and am gone within seconds.
Google actually rewards putting the relevant short answer towards the top of the article. When you see those featured snippets in the results page, above the normal organic listings thats google giving a nod to pages that have served the searcher intent well and quickly. Often this featured snippet isn't even from the position 1 result. It offers a nice opportunity for pages with less relative ranking strength to get to the top in a way they otherwise might not be able to do.
