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"Hello and welcome to a blog post. I am writing it and you are reading it. It’s amazing what we can do with computers these days." Ugh. And I'm closing the tab
by chefandy 9y ago
"Hello and welcome to a blog post. I am writing it and you are reading it. It’s amazing what we can do with computers these days."
Ugh. And I'm closing the tab. Appreciate the effort with humor, but you really should concentrate on being able to write something that's informative and enjoyable to read, and THEN try your hand at making your writing funny. The first sentence/paragraph needs to be a hook to get people interested, not some meta jokey blurb that doesn't have anything to do with anything.
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- ng12 9y agoThe blurb did its job -- I can assure you that you wouldn't have enjoyed the rest of the post. It's not really about cutting-edge social engineering. It's just a funny story.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago> The first sentence/paragraph needs to be a hook to get people interested, not some meta jokey blurb that doesn't have anything to do with anything. The first sentence/paragraph needs to be the first sentence/paragraph. I'm personally sick of people optimizing things to "hook" their "audience". I much prefer when people simply write honestly and to the point. Not everything in life has to be a sales pitch. (This post was definitely not "to the point", but that's a stylistic choice of the author; I can respect that even if I don't like it.)