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Question for people who read the link- Do you like the writing style and inclusion of gifs?
by robertAngst 8y ago
Question for people who read the link-
Do you like the writing style and inclusion of gifs?
- sotojuan 8y agoI don't dislike them nor did they stop me from reading the article but they were all superfluous. That said, so are most words in blog posts anyway so it's all good.
- rodneywells01 8y agoYeah. It was pretty humorous and made for a light read. Definitely would read more stories from this guy.
- pythonvisa 8y agoThey were quite effective at conveying the author's frustration humorously, fits the rhythm of the article well.
- nanokilo 8y agoIt's a trend that seems to have started on Buzzfeed, and I've been seeing more and more blogs adopt this style over the past couple of years. I'm personally not a fan, as I feel it takes away from the content of the post, but I'd be curious to see how it impacts the readership metrics.
- TheSoftwareGuy 8y agoI’m okay with it. It wasn’t excessive, like some blogs tend to become with these
- DanBC 8y agoI detested the writing style.
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- jhillyerd 8y agoI found the headings a bit weird to read, and apparently my brain thought the GIFs were ads, because I didn't notice them at all.
- NikolaNovak 8y ago... There were gifs?? I guess I'm so used to useless ads and graphics in blog posts, I honestly, scout's honour, did not notice and have no recollection whatsoever! A damning statement on the Internet of today perhaps, but it neither enhanced nor detrimented my reading of the article ️
- ckorhonen 8y agoSame here, I don’t even remember there being any images!
- ineedasername 8y agosame! I had to go back and look because I would have sworn there were no images at all! Now I realize my brain had classified them as ads and simply edited them out of my conscious awareness all together.
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- ayq 8y agoI didn't like the gifs, because I dislike all technical posts with gifs and memes, but the writing is good.
- RyJones 8y agoYes. Also, I used to work in IoT, and you are fortunate with your outcome. So many OEMs are worse.
- wtracy 8y agoI enjoyed it. Is it practical for you to only play the animations on mouse over, and pause them otherwise? I think that might allow us the entertainment value of the gifs, without the annoyance of them looping endlessly while we're trying to read.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoIf the author had done that, I'd say there's a 50/50 chance I never would have known they were animated. I had no reason to roll over the images with my mouse.
- monochromatic 8y agoThe writing style, yes. The gifs, not really.
- zrobotics 8y agoThe writing was good, but I honestly found the gifs as irritating as ads. They were just irrelevant meme content, and were just extra crap to scroll past. Keep writing, it was an excellent post, but only include pictures if they are relevant.
- DATACOMMANDER 8y agoI found that the gifs added to the article’s entertainment value. I’d find them annoying if used in a more serious article, though.
- beat 8y agoI liked both. It kept things light and breezy, a comedy of errors.
- gumby 8y agoI use reader mode because my preferred mode is what I've seen referred to as "wall of text" I rarely (~5%) find pictures of any sort improve the understanding, even in "mainstream" news sources.
- solarkraft 8y agoIf relevant I like the inclusion of media. This is ... meh.
- strken 8y agoI'm considering browsing with a default style of img { display: none !important; } and disabling it when something breaks.
- hycaria 8y agoI hate gif inclusion.