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Clerky: We help startups and attorneys get legal paperwork done. I wish all smaller startup that is being acquired by big fish would start their blog by statin

by ksec 1mo ago

Clerky: We help startups and attorneys get legal paperwork done. I wish all smaller startup that is being acquired by big fish would start their blog by stating what they do first. So that hopefully we get a little bit of context of what is being sold and what it might add in the future. Every single time I had to click around and look at what they do and what are their competitors to help understand the company.

theowaway213456 1mo ago
It's the second sentence of the blog post.
- echelon 1mo ago
  When faced with a wall of text, I make a decision to either find the homepage (which I did this time) or click back to the HN discussion. I've been bitten far too many times by low info density wall of text. I think this is many people's algorithm.
  - john_strinlai 1mo ago
    >When faced with a wall of text wall? it is less than 400 words, separated over 5 paragraphs. is that what counts as a "wall" now? your comment is longer (49 words) than it takes to get to the answer of what clerky does (45 words).
    - echelon 1mo ago
      The paragraphs descend below the page fold. The paragraphs in view have 10 lines of height and a hero image takes up the first half. It's a bad shape. The one question I want answered is "what is Stripe buying?" I know the prose is typical acquisition copy. I can figure out the strategy myself once I know what was bought.
      - anthonypasq 1mo ago
        youve spent 100x the time arguing about the point as it would have taken you to read 2 sentences further. for someone who goes on about how busy and valuable your time is, you are making some interesting decisions
        echelon 1mo ago
        I suppose it's a very human behavior to speak out against the communicated preferences of others. Maybe I'm wasting your time now.
    - antonvs 1mo ago
      > wall? it is less than 400 words, separated over 5 paragraphs. is that what counts as a "wall" now? It seems to be, yes. The Twitterization of discourse.
andunie 1mo ago
Thank you, yes. I wish that too. I had never heard of this Clerky before now.

by ksec 1mo ago

theowaway213456 1mo ago

It's the second sentence of the blog post.

echelon 1mo ago
When faced with a wall of text, I make a decision to either find the homepage (which I did this time) or click back to the HN discussion. I've been bitten far too many times by low info density wall of text. I think this is many people's algorithm.
- john_strinlai 1mo ago
  >When faced with a wall of text wall? it is less than 400 words, separated over 5 paragraphs. is that what counts as a "wall" now? your comment is longer (49 words) than it takes to get to the answer of what clerky does (45 words).
  - echelon 1mo ago
    The paragraphs descend below the page fold. The paragraphs in view have 10 lines of height and a hero image takes up the first half. It's a bad shape. The one question I want answered is "what is Stripe buying?" I know the prose is typical acquisition copy. I can figure out the strategy myself once I know what was bought.
    - anthonypasq 1mo ago
      youve spent 100x the time arguing about the point as it would have taken you to read 2 sentences further. for someone who goes on about how busy and valuable your time is, you are making some interesting decisions
      - echelon 1mo ago
        I suppose it's a very human behavior to speak out against the communicated preferences of others. Maybe I'm wasting your time now.
  - antonvs 1mo ago
    > wall? it is less than 400 words, separated over 5 paragraphs. is that what counts as a "wall" now? It seems to be, yes. The Twitterization of discourse.

andunie 1mo ago

Thank you, yes. I wish that too. I had never heard of this Clerky before now.