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> In what sense is it inverted? The triangle is upside down: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_(journalism) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverte

• azornathogron 2y ago
  It's funny because from that diagram I really don't see any particular relationship between the shape and its content. You could draw a regular pyramid with three segments and write the same labels on it and it would make just as much sense to me. If anything a regular pyramid makes more sense to me: you want the smallest/narrowest useful description at the top and then you gradually expand on it as you go down, providing more (wider) context and detail for the key information. Edit: Of course, it's a widely used term and good to understand in that context; the Wikipedia link is useful.
  • marginalia_nu 2y ago
    Yeah, this seems to be true for most pyramid models. It's really annoying when you start to spot it.
  • wonger_ 2y ago
    I think it's about laying foundations at the beginning, not the length of the text at the beginning. The first sentence/paragraph is the foundation of everything beneath it, whereas the base of a normal pyramid is the foundation of everything above it.
  • kqr 2y ago
    > I really don't see any particular relationship between the shape and its content. This is often the case with geometric metaphors. They catch on easily, but they rarely make a lot of sense on closer scrutiny.