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Oh. I’d like to hear that, too. What would be a good format for you?
by leobg 4y ago
Oh. I’d like to hear that, too. What would be a good format for you?
- AlotOfReading 4y agoThis one is fine, just ask smaller questions. Big questions and questions we don't have a clear answer to are difficult to answer well without spending a lot of time to organize everything into a digestible narrative. Writing Askhistorians answers usually takes me a few hours each, for example. If I don't do that and write extemporaneously, you get the garbage above.
- leobg 4y agoGotcha. So could you first point me to the one or two AskHistorians answers that you are either most proud of personally or that you think people should read? I think I’d like to read those!
- AlotOfReading 4y agoSure, [0] has held up the best of my answers over time in that I don't think rewriting it would substantially improve the content. [1] has the problem that it's answering a "big question" and is thus inherently incomplete, but I'm happy with the discussions it's generated and other people continue to find it useful based on the backlinks I see. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/29eiah/if_i_were_a_young_navajo_man_in_the_40s_what_was/cik75rb/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/29eiah/if_i_... [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mf1uhi/remember_the_alamo_but_why_isnt_slavery_mentioned/gslv23s/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mf1uhi/remem...