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I find it amazing that people swear in the title. Surely the author must have the self-awareness to realise that few will be impressed and many will be turned o

I find it amazing that people swear in the title. Surely the author must have the self-awareness to realise that few will be impressed and many will be turned off.

icebraining 12y ago
Sounds to me like a good filter for your audience. Kinda like the color scheme of jwz's website.
- tonyedgecombe 12y ago
  It's certainly a filter, I'm not sure I would say it's good though.
semiel 12y ago
I suspect that you are conflating "I'm turned off" and "many will be turned off". I seriously doubt it will make any difference either way to the hacker news demographic.
unclesaamm 12y ago
Especially since the content is relatively tame. It's not like a Cracked article or anything. It's just a regular blog post...
gavinpc 12y ago
I used to have the same reaction, and your post made me realize that I don't even notice it anymore. EDIT: That said, I do agree with the post, as someone who is also twenty years in.
bradleyjg 12y ago
It's a puerile attempt to be edgy or authentic. Not that it shocks me, judiciously used swear words can be effective -- most often in spoken English, but occasionally in written as well. It just adds nothing to this title. This case from yesterday: http://fuckinggodateformat.com/ http://fuckinggodateformat.com/ is slightly better. It tells the reader that the author of the page doesn't like the go date format in a succinct fashion. Though, on the other hand, it primes you for a rant rather than a cheat-sheet.
- mod 12y ago
  Of course, that guy did a PG version, too: http://flippinggodateformat.com/ http://flippinggodateformat.com/
JeremyMorgan 12y ago
Personally it doesn't bother me a bit. But I would be less likely to tweet it or share it publicly for fear of offending certain people who may be overly sensitive, but I have respect for. This is one reason I don't use swear words in my blog posts. Also I don't my site blocked by any filters. My personal policy, but I really don't care if other people do it.
iN7h33nD 12y ago
Personally I didn't even notice. To me "curse" words are just words that evoke a stronger meaning in the rest of title. Potatoes are horrible vs Potatoes are shit. It just seems like the curse word gets the meaning across better, at least to me.

I find it amazing that people swear in the title. Surely the author must have the self-awareness to realise that few will be impressed and many will be turned off.

icebraining 12y ago

Sounds to me like a good filter for your audience. Kinda like the color scheme of jwz's website.

tonyedgecombe 12y ago
It's certainly a filter, I'm not sure I would say it's good though.

semiel 12y ago

I suspect that you are conflating "I'm turned off" and "many will be turned off". I seriously doubt it will make any difference either way to the hacker news demographic.

unclesaamm 12y ago

Especially since the content is relatively tame. It's not like a Cracked article or anything. It's just a regular blog post...

gavinpc 12y ago

I used to have the same reaction, and your post made me realize that I don't even notice it anymore. EDIT: That said, I do agree with the post, as someone who is also twenty years in.

bradleyjg 12y ago

It's a puerile attempt to be edgy or authentic. Not that it shocks me, judiciously used swear words can be effective -- most often in spoken English, but occasionally in written as well. It just adds nothing to this title. This case from yesterday: http://fuckinggodateformat.com/ http://fuckinggodateformat.com/ is slightly better. It tells the reader that the author of the page doesn't like the go date format in a succinct fashion. Though, on the other hand, it primes you for a rant rather than a cheat-sheet.

mod 12y ago
Of course, that guy did a PG version, too: http://flippinggodateformat.com/ http://flippinggodateformat.com/

JeremyMorgan 12y ago

Personally it doesn't bother me a bit. But I would be less likely to tweet it or share it publicly for fear of offending certain people who may be overly sensitive, but I have respect for. This is one reason I don't use swear words in my blog posts. Also I don't my site blocked by any filters. My personal policy, but I really don't care if other people do it.

iN7h33nD 12y ago

Personally I didn't even notice. To me "curse" words are just words that evoke a stronger meaning in the rest of title. Potatoes are horrible vs Potatoes are shit. It just seems like the curse word gets the meaning across better, at least to me.