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"thank you think" in a title is overtly condescending...you know your audience and their educational deficiencies? "than i thought" would be compelling to read
by jjtheblunt 2y ago
"thank you think" in a title is overtly condescending...you know your audience and their educational deficiencies?
"than i thought" would be compelling to read.
- crazygringo 2y agoYup, using "you" in headlines is a pattern that needs to die. I get that it's attention-grabbing, but it's because it's rude. You don't know anything about me. You don't know what I think or what I already know or what I won't believe. I know it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but it's just one of those little aggravating things that makes life just a little bit worse each time you come across them.
- robswc 2y agoThe one I hate the most is: "X thing did Y, here's why Z" Where X and Y can range from meaningless to national security but Z always remains an opinion (usually uninformed too). Just search "here's why that's bad/good" on google news and there's so much "slop."
- jjtheblunt 2y ago"you" in headlines is better said, a better criterion for skippable articles, agreed! good point
- lopatin 2y agoIt's a qualifier. In a sense, they do know their audience fairly well because someone who clicks on that link is intrigued and feel they have more to learn about it. Anyone who is pretty knowledgeable about the subject will go "pff .. yeah right" and not even click on it. That said, it does annoy me too. Also what annoys me is that I constantly try to play devils advocate for things like this even if I don't always agree with the conclusion of the advocate.
- tptacek 2y agoThis is the kind of copyediting advice ChatGPT gives. I think everyone gets that the author doesn't know what you, in particular, think about TypedDicts. Read things more charitably; this is not a good use of time to discuss.
- CyberDildonics 2y agoOr people could post what they think, since that's the point of an internet forum.
- tptacek 2y agoPlease don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- selcuka 2y agoIronically, you seem to have found the most provocative comment to respond to.
- CyberDildonics 2y agoSeems a little ironic and self righteous since stories are upvoted based on the most provocative titles.
- the_gorilla 2y ago[flagged]
- zo1 2y agoHonestly, right now it looks like you are the one derailing the discussion. And when it didn't go your way, you started quoting the "guidelines" as if to smack us over our fingers for misbehaving. This entire sub-thread at time of writing this is like 20% of the entire discussion; and that's sad.
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- sqeaky 2y ago100%! If people are dumb enough to think I am dumb, then they generally aren't saying anything worth listening to.
- code_runner 2y agoThe irony of a typo in this meaningless and overly sensitive reply is hilarious
- jjtheblunt 2y agoi agree (!), and it was my typo (amid Figaro the rescue kitten helping with the keyboard) and attempt to remark that such titles probably don't even get clicked.