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This article had 2 very noticeable features. 1) It was incredibly full of fluff. The actual content was actually not unuseful, it made me want to start practic
by jacksonkmarley 4y ago
This article had 2 very noticeable features.
1) It was incredibly full of fluff. The actual content was actually not unuseful, it made me want to start practicing handstands, but the whole thing could have been quite brief without all the memes and marketing.
2) The gifs of the exercises (not the memes) were far superior for a reader compared with embedding, or worse linking, youtube videos. They did both here but I was already in skimming mode from all the fluff. I've read a lot of articles on gym stuff lately and it's pretty annoying having to repeatedly scan through 20 min videos for a 5 second demonstration.
- jacobjuul 4y agoImmediate turn off to be honest
- larusso 4y agoI’m interested in the topic and also found the memes quite cool but yes the other stuff and too much off topic text is a huge downer.
- samb1729 4y agoI couldn’t agree more. Why the author would want their long-form writing to resemble a concatenated tweet thread is beyond me; do they assume a short attention span in their audience?
- blowski 4y ago> do they assume a short attention span in their audience Yes. It’s probably a valid assumption. We are not necessarily their target market.
- skrebbel 4y ago> We are not necessarily their target market. I wonder who your "we" refers to? I mean the site is called "Nerd Fitness", seems to me like we, the average HN reader, are exactly their target market :-)
- 411111111111111 4y agoMaybe simply because they like to have fun, and this is funny to a lot of people? Don't be so aggressive just because they've got a different understanding of humor then you do.
- caymanjim 4y agoIt's standard clickbait spam practice, to fit more ads and affiliate links. Just say no and don't scroll down.
- skrebbel 4y agoDid you even look at the article? There's no ads, no affiliate links. (unless you call the authors offering their professional services ads, of course)
- caymanjim 4y agoThe first thing I saw was an ad, although you're right that it's an ad for the author. The whole thing looks like an ad filled with more ads, but I guess they're just memes and YouTube links. I tune out anything that looks like that.
- MaxBarraclough 4y agoIt doesn't help that the fluff is inaccurate. > A handstand is one of the coolest exercises ever, but it’s also one of the most advanced moves to learn. I doubt any gymnast would agree with either point.
- skrebbel 4y agoNo, but nerds doing fitness very well might!
- stjohnswarts 4y agoThere far fewer gymnasts than general population so I'm not sure their opinions matter as much to your average slacker nerd who are trying to impress their friends and not gymnasts?
- newaccount74 4y agoI disagree. I think the article was very well written, considering it's basically just an SEO page. 1) First of all, it starts with a short, numerated table of contents at the very top that includes everything that the article covers (with clickable links so you can skip the fluff) 2) It includes textual descriptions, videos and GIFs that make it very easy to understand the exercises. 3) The article also explains not just WHAT you should do, but also WHY you should do it 4) It's written in an entertaining way (it's a matter of taste, but I kinda like it) 5) While they do try to sell their stuff, it's pretty transparent and they are not hiding anything behind a paywall.
- kidgorgeous 4y agoSEO my friend
- Razengan 4y agoPerverse Incentives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive
- odessacubbage 4y agothis is a pretty good breakdown of the handstand progression >https://antranik.org/comprehensive-handstand-tutorial/ https://antranik.org/comprehensive-handstand-tutorial/