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I earned a degree in Fine Arts many years ago, and one of the hardest lessons to learn was to listen to your audience. The artist always had a message to send,

by synnik 15y ago

I earned a degree in Fine Arts many years ago, and one of the hardest lessons to learn was to listen to your audience. The artist always had a message to send, and the audience usually got a different message. As the originator of any message, it is important to hear the feedback and respect that feedback. Telling your audience that they got your message wrong shows disrespect for the audience, and a misunderstanding of how communication works. Try clarifying the message instead of dismissing the audience.

dpark 15y ago
On the internet, where many thousands of people may read an article, it is not possible to make everyone understand your point as you intend it. This is especially true in the geek crowd where many of us insist on being pedantic, nitpicky jackasses who seem to willingly misread in order to find something to argue about. Appending "of course there are exceptions" and "this is just a generality" and "your experience might differ" to every thing you write in an attempt to appease the nitpickers is a recipe for crappy writing. It's also a doomed effort, as the nitpickers will not only still nitpick your original points, they'll nitpick your concessions as well.
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