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Why bother commenting instead of clicking the link and in the main navigation bar pressing the very clearly visible "ABOUT" button?
by Longhanks 2y ago
Why bother commenting instead of clicking the link and in the main navigation bar pressing the very clearly visible "ABOUT" button?
- metabagel 2y agoIn all fairness, and I already knew what Zed was, the About page is a long read to find out anything more than that Zed is an editor. (As in, it says right away that they are building an editor, but then there is a long-winded discussion about history, goals, etc.)
- jasaldivara 2y agoIt's just common online courtesy to add to the title a short description of the project like (Zed, code editor) to save users some valuable time.
- jodrellblank 2y agoAnd it's in the HN guidelines not to: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. > If the title includes the name of the site, please take it out, because the site name will be displayed after the link. > Please don't do things to make titles stand out, like using uppercase or exclamation points, or saying how great an article is. It's implicit in submitting something that you think it's important.
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