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Slate Star Codex is, in my opinion, one of the best blogs on the internet, and this post seems like exactly the kind of advice that you're asking for: https://s
by alteriority 6y ago
Slate Star Codex is, in my opinion, one of the best blogs on the internet, and this post seems like exactly the kind of advice that you're asking for: https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/02/20/writing-advice/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/02/20/writing-advice/
- cambalache 6y agoI disagree, let me explain, I understand why you say that, certainly the topics are interesting and the comments too, but everything is else is catered to a very specific niche. If you want to go after that segment then great, but if you want to be read by a wider part of the public you would do well in avoiding that style. Dense,verbose, humorless,faux-authoritative(I know the guys is a MD, but that gives him expertise at best on medical issues). I suspect your typical HN reader may like it, but for the rest of the population? Not so much.r/SneerClub in reddit can be mean most of the time, but from time to time they hit the nail on the head with its criticism of SSC.