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Posts like "I'm leaving Facebook forever!", "Netflix has ads now!", or "Twitter is ruined!" always come off as angsty and self-important. This one's no differe
by dbg31415 1y ago
Posts like "I'm leaving Facebook forever!", "Netflix has ads now!", or "Twitter is ruined!" always come off as angsty and self-important.
This one's no different. I didn't even know Copilot was the issue until halfway through -- by then, I'd stopped caring.
If Copilot is your dealbreaker, fine. But don't bury the lead. Just say what you're switching to and why it's better. That's the useful part.
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- ngetchell 1y agoBury the lede is the correct phrase. Otherwise I think you are spot on.
- dbg31415 1y agoInteresting. Seems both are now acceptable. https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/bury-the-lede-versus-lead https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/bury-the-lede-versu...
- mighmi 1y agoThe etymology is: > A deliberate misspelling of lead, originally used in instructions given to printers to indicate which paragraphs constitute the lede, intended to avoid confusion with the word lead which may actually appear in the text of an article. Compare dek (“subhead”) (modified from deck) and hed (“headline”) (from head). Further: > In 1990, the American author and journalist William Safire (1929–2009) was still able to say: “You will not find this spelling in dictionaries; it is still an insiders' variant, steadily growing in frequency of use. […] Will lede break out of its insider status and find its way into general use? […] To suggest this is becoming standard would be misledeing […] But it has earned its place as a variant spelling, soon to overtake the original spelling for the beginning of a news article."
- rapnie 1y agoNot noticing the spelling issue at first, I read your comment as "You also buried the lede. Otherwise I think you are spot on".