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I think my articles in the past have been too dull; I think people would like to read something interesting and entertaining so I'm trying to improve in this re
by pgjones 8y ago
I think my articles in the past have been too dull; I think people would like to read something interesting and entertaining so I'm trying to improve in this regard. Was the article a good read or did the title put you off?
- dirkt 8y agoI am not the one you answered, but the title DID put me off, and therefore I didn't read the article (and I probably won't read it, even if it is good). I loathe the tendency to pack emotion and opinion into everything, and exaggerate everything, just because people think they'll get readers that way. Please don't.
- the_other_guy 8y agoIt wasn't a criticism against you specifically, I meant that it's just pathetic that using titles like "X should die" is the only way to get people's attention these days, I know how hard it is to make people pay attention on the internet and it's just sad that provoking them is the only way to do it
- nindalf 8y agoFolks generally click baity articles more, but are unhappy about the fact they were baited into clicking a low quality article. It's a dilemma - do you want people to be happy or do you want more readers? Feedback on the article - haven't you chosen a pathological case of a single click triggering 20 API calls that don't depend on each other? Wouldn't it be simpler to batch these calls on the server?