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Revise an Email so People Will Actually Read It
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoA link to the original was posted here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=562447 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=562447 This article specifically quotes the first point: > Delete redundancies. Say it once. That's enough. > If you're repetitive, the reader will stop reading > and start skimming. (Like you probably just did.) As I said in that first submission, I stopped reading at this point because it's blatently wrong. Intelligent geeks hate things repeated, but I've found that in the business world if you don't say something at least 6 times it won't get heard. Know your audience. Decide whether repetition is required. Don't follow overly broad advice blindly.