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On a side, am I the only person that doesn't like The Register write style, especially the headings? Yeah, irony and fun all that you want, but it ends up looki
by darkwater 7y ago
On a side, am I the only person that doesn't like The Register write style, especially the headings? Yeah, irony and fun all that you want, but it ends up looking like a gossip/tabloid magazine
- mprev 7y agoNot at all the only person.
- robocat 7y agoIt is very “British” with wit, puns, long running silly gags, in-jokes, smart headlines, sarcasm, and self-deprecating jokes. However, The Register is usually technically correct and regularly breaks important news (good journalism). Minor technical (or grammatical) errors will be lambasted in comments. Essentially, the style meshes well with it’s target readership, and they are very happy that anyone that doesn’t like the style auto-excludes themselves from the readership/community.
- Havoc 7y ago>The Register write style, especially the headings Basically all mainstream journalism coming out of the UK is garbage (FT & economist excluded I guess). Even the BBC has been showing some partisan leanings lately
- toyg 7y agoWith that sort of bar, pretty much all journalism would be classed as “garbage”, UK or not. Which might well be true, I’m just saying it’s hardly a British phenomenon.