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Many times I see a link on HN and click on it, and they act like everyone knows exactly what is going on. It gives me a nagging feeling that I am completely ou
by danielweber 13y ago
Many times I see a link on HN and click on it, and they act like everyone knows exactly what is going on.
It gives me a nagging feeling that I am completely out of touch with HN, too.
The way moderators edit headlines doesn't help this at all.
- mhewett 13y agoThis happens almost 100% of the time with product updates. You are taken to a page that says "We have released version 3.1.5 of Gizmo. Download it here." with not even a hint of what Gizmo is.
- dredmorbius 13y agoUpdates and bugreports are two communications I specifically had in mind when writing my "Tell me what the fuck it is EVERY GODDAMNED TIME YOU COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE PRODUCT" above. Major peeve.
- sliverstorm 13y agoWell obviously Giz.mo giz's your mo's. Update 3.1.5 is going to completely upend the status quo, it is so disruptive & social. Edit: The downvotes are making me giggle like a small child. Do I have a problem?
- ggchappell 13y agoYou're not alone. I find an awful lot (a majority?) of look-at-this HN posts to be nearly incomprehensible.
- Jemaclus 13y agoYeah, especially if you think your blog post will get submitted to HN or reddit or TechCrunch... assume that nobody knows what your company does! Those that do will just skip over it, and those of us that don't will now know and everyone's happy.