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Thanks for making these publicly accessible; that's great work. A couple of thoughts: 1. Change the name. Assassination Files is sensationalistic, which always

Thanks for making these publicly accessible; that's great work. A couple of thoughts: 1. Change the name. Assassination Files is sensationalistic, which always feels manipulative to me and raises my doubts about the author's intentions. These days, with so much trolling and propaganda, I assume that anyone who adopts sensationalistic practices doesn't understand and/or respect the issues of integrity on the Internet and is not to be taken too seriously. 2. I'm not sure many others feel this way, but I need a reason to believe the website contains a correct, complete, and fully searchable record of the released documents. I don't know if the author has an axe to grind, and perhaps omits or fails to properly OCR or index certain documents, or if there are errors due to the unknown error rate - and not knowing the site's producer, I have no idea if that error rate is high or low. If someone with expertise, such as a professor in that field, could vouch for it, that would help - but perhaps that's outside the scope. Thank you!

cat199 9y ago
> Assassination Files is sensationalistic when talking about actual files pertaining to an actual assassination (noone debates asssasination I dont think here)? what should they be called instead? 'the recently released information possibly tangentially related to the events leading to the transition of the 35th and 36th us presidency'?
soared 9y ago
Or they want people to go to their site. Not everything sensationalist is automatically bad.
jiscariot 9y ago
Thanks for the feedback. To be honest, I just thought it would be a fun project. Perhaps I should indicate that somewhere in the about page to make it more clear. Someone else had recommended making the index files public, which might help with some of your concerns. I went back and forth about the title, but my girlfriend gave the OK, so I went with it. :)
- forapurpose 9y ago
  > To be honest, I just thought it would be a fun project. You are generous to give the world the benefit of your project, and for free. I wrote the feedback because that's what Ask HN is for, but overall IMHO it's awesome that you did it. Definitely, it's better to listen to your S.O.'s feedback than to strangers on HN - most of us can't even get a date.
- tomcam 9y ago
  Fun project! The title is descriptive. Your girlfriend is right ;)

cat199 9y ago

> Assassination Files is sensationalistic when talking about actual files pertaining to an actual assassination (noone debates asssasination I dont think here)? what should they be called instead? 'the recently released information possibly tangentially related to the events leading to the transition of the 35th and 36th us presidency'?

soared 9y ago

Or they want people to go to their site. Not everything sensationalist is automatically bad.

jiscariot 9y ago

Thanks for the feedback. To be honest, I just thought it would be a fun project. Perhaps I should indicate that somewhere in the about page to make it more clear. Someone else had recommended making the index files public, which might help with some of your concerns. I went back and forth about the title, but my girlfriend gave the OK, so I went with it. :)

forapurpose 9y ago
> To be honest, I just thought it would be a fun project. You are generous to give the world the benefit of your project, and for free. I wrote the feedback because that's what Ask HN is for, but overall IMHO it's awesome that you did it. Definitely, it's better to listen to your S.O.'s feedback than to strangers on HN - most of us can't even get a date.
tomcam 9y ago
Fun project! The title is descriptive. Your girlfriend is right ;)