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This is what I came here to say. I think FAQs for edge cases or very specific questions are very useful. FAQs can also be a good way to address negative stuff
by elliottinvent 5y ago
This is what I came here to say. I think FAQs for edge cases or very specific questions are very useful.
FAQs can also be a good way to address negative stuff and especially naysayers of a technology or concept - it's difficult to do that directly in content without it getting messy.
For example, a project I'm working on stores data in DNS [0] and some of the feedback we get from technical folks (including HN) is "you can't use other people's infrastructure to do this!" [1]
Addressing this in the spec or content is difficult but having a really clear question of "Is it ok to use other people's infrastructure to serve data?" and having a detailed exploration of that question – far more than you might be able to do in the general content – has real value in my opinion.
0. https://www.num.uk https://www.num.uk
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27632195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27632195