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The second footnote, in which you qualify that comment, should be inlined instead. That clarification, or the lack of it, has too much of an impact on the tone
by euccastro 18y ago
The second footnote, in which you qualify that comment, should be inlined instead. That clarification, or the lack of it, has too much of an impact on the tone of the rest of the article.
The point of footnotes is that their content is not worth interrupting the flow of the main text. It should be safe for the reader to leave them for later, or skip them altogether.
- wheels 18y agoThe only reason that line has become the focal point of the essay's tone is because we're discussing this on "Mr. Graham's" site.
- euccastro 18y agoI didn't say it was the focal point, but it is indeed quite central to the thesis defended. There are comments to this effect in the blog's site too, and the author felt the need for the footnote. Thus, it's not just HN bias.