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This is great feedback, and I appreciate your taking the time to write it up. I definitely try to do this in my blog posts, but I do assume that my readers hav
by jeffbarr 8y ago
This is great feedback, and I appreciate your taking the time to write it up.
I definitely try to do this in my blog posts, but I do assume that my readers have been following along for some time, and that they have internalized some of names.
As you noticed, I like to use the full ("formal") name at the start of each post, and then switch to the informal name after that. In fact, I have a shortcode system that makes this fairly easy. The first reference spells out the entire name and is linked; the others use a short name and are not linked.
- kartickv 8y agoMany posts, especially when posted to HN or linked from some other blog, are read by people who're not regulars. Besides, people scan, not always read end to end.