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You could just as easily make a blog "Things Real People Don't Say About Your App" "I like the functionality, but it doesn't follow best practices." or "Thing

You could just as easily make a blog "Things Real People Don't Say About Your App" "I like the functionality, but it doesn't follow best practices." or "Things Real People Don't Say About Science" "These findings are compelling, but I'd like to see some corroborating studies in peer reviewed journals". Any consumer facing industry is going to have a world of jargon that is inaccessible or ridiculous to the layperson. And similarly, these industries can support those who want to participate but don't have anything to add. I don't see this as a jab at advertsising (although, it very well may have been intended as such) I see it as a jab at wannabes. If you still don't believe me, try reading tech job postings... [edit: typo]

pak 16y ago
But you couldn't put those sayings on stock photos and have it work so well. This blog works because the "fakeness" of the stock people nicely parallels the ridiculousness of the slogan to create a satirical meta-advertisement... about advertisers. Unless you make satirical apps for app developers, or satirical science papers about scientists, you're not duplicating the irony of this blog.
j_baker 16y ago
Actually, I like the idea for "Things Real People Don't Say About Your App": "Clearly this app is unusable because it doesn't follow HIG" "This minimum viable product just isn't minimal enough" "This site works with just me on it, but I don't think it will scale to millions of users"
- jodrellblank 16y ago
  "I love the way the columns are too narrow for the text" "No it's OK, do something irrelevant - I'm happy to wait" "Sure, I'd love to join your community so I can be notified of updates and future releases - I don't get much email and would love to hear from you." "I really enjoy the way all your driver downloads have random numbers for filenames, HP"
aphyr 16y ago
"These findings are compelling, but I'd like to see some corroborating studies in peer reviewed journals" Uhh, I say exactly that on a monthly, if not weekly, basis.
- SkyMarshal 16y ago
  Same, lol. Everytime I see an article on HN, Reddit, or elsewhere saying 'Study shows... [fill in the blank]', I think that. The MSM doesn't seem to grok that if a single, non-corroborated 'study' shows something, it's effectively noise, not news.

pak 16y ago

But you couldn't put those sayings on stock photos and have it work so well. This blog works because the "fakeness" of the stock people nicely parallels the ridiculousness of the slogan to create a satirical meta-advertisement... about advertisers. Unless you make satirical apps for app developers, or satirical science papers about scientists, you're not duplicating the irony of this blog.

j_baker 16y ago

Actually, I like the idea for "Things Real People Don't Say About Your App": "Clearly this app is unusable because it doesn't follow HIG" "This minimum viable product just isn't minimal enough" "This site works with just me on it, but I don't think it will scale to millions of users"

jodrellblank 16y ago
"I love the way the columns are too narrow for the text" "No it's OK, do something irrelevant - I'm happy to wait" "Sure, I'd love to join your community so I can be notified of updates and future releases - I don't get much email and would love to hear from you." "I really enjoy the way all your driver downloads have random numbers for filenames, HP"

aphyr 16y ago

"These findings are compelling, but I'd like to see some corroborating studies in peer reviewed journals" Uhh, I say exactly that on a monthly, if not weekly, basis.

SkyMarshal 16y ago
Same, lol. Everytime I see an article on HN, Reddit, or elsewhere saying 'Study shows... [fill in the blank]', I think that. The MSM doesn't seem to grok that if a single, non-corroborated 'study' shows something, it's effectively noise, not news.