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The writing style of a formal letter to an executive versus a comment on an online forum is bound to be different. Not sure what your point is here.
by atlasunshrugged 4y ago
The writing style of a formal letter to an executive versus a comment on an online forum is bound to be different. Not sure what your point is here.
- 99_00 4y agoNot if it's well written
- MichaelZuo 4y ago‘bound to be different’ Really? Many do not know how to write appropriate formal letters, even on HN. And some probably don’t care to or don’t have the english skills to write credible comments either. That’s just how a diverse community works. Some folks, long time posters, smart, even with the best of intentions, just sound off, or come off as strange when writing comments here, especially when they are doing so outside of their domain of expertise or responding to someone they believe is weighing in with a disagreeable opinion. You really think zero of them would send a letter in the same writing style when a formal style would be most appropriate? I’m fairly certain some percentage would. Especially if the person is famous or otherwise notable. For example, the last big Stripe thread had Patrick Collison comment and otherwise seemingly respectable posters, judging by their history, came out of the woodwork to dump on him. For some perceived faults of Stripe, etc.