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Exactly. It isn't the fault of super niche blog for not giving an elementary intro to the subject. Indeed, that would be infuriating for experts to read every
by jessriedel 5y ago
Exactly. It isn't the fault of super niche blog for not giving an elementary intro to the subject. Indeed, that would be infuriating for experts to read every time. Insofar as this missing context for social-media-linked novices is a problem, it's one that needs to be solved on the social media side.
- crazygringo 5y agoThat would actually be really cool, especially for HN. Imagine if HN submissions allowed an optional field with a link or short description for "additional context" that the submitter could fill in. I mean, I can't count the number of times there's been a post on the front page that's just a link to a newly released version of something many readers have never heard of, and half the commenters are like "I've been waiting for this for so long, congrats!" and while the top-voted comment is "what is this exactly? Can someone explain?"
- techbio 5y agoI actually like this idea, but discovered early on that functionality did not exist, I wondered why but assumed it was for a good reason and forgot about it. An alternative I often see is an "author here" or "OP, I posted this because..." comment that sometimes is but as often is not the top item.