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You might want to make it clearer you are OP and describing your work, I think some people might be reading this as dismissive criticism. (Also, I don't think

by OJFord 2y ago

You might want to make it clearer you are OP and describing your work, I think some people might be reading this as dismissive criticism. (Also, I don't think you can do it by edit, but next time note that you can submit both a URL and some accompanying text.)

draazon 2y ago
Thanks, that's helpful - I am indeed the OP, and the "overcomplicated" part was intended as tongue-in-cheek self-criticism!
- OJFord 2y ago
  Yeah, I got it, but it might take a Brit or German! Unfortunately there are dismissive third-party comments like that sometimes, and seeing it grey (at the time) I almost voted down myself too, just then thought I recognised your username and double-checked. One other thought actually - if you can still edit the title, you might get more attention from 'Show HN: The Danglepoise', since then people will know the author is around for discussion. Just anecdotally I would guess Show HNs tend to have more engagement/votes on average. Anyway, nice project :)
  - draazon 2y ago
    I think that technically, as a blog post, this wouldn't be eligible for Show HN?
    - OJFord 2y ago
      True, didn't really realise that actually, just read the rules. I'm sure I've seen similar as Show HNs.. but I guess maybe they had a GitHub project or whatever that tilts the scale.
ziddoap 2y ago
>I think some people might be reading this as dismissive criticism. This is exactly what I thought. I downvoted (now removed) thinking that it was a random passerby being dismissive.
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