@mr_daemon this, but also: the number of encarbulator dot com websites I've seen that also do not tell you what it is/does on the main page, or even anywhere within a click or two, is too damn high!
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@mr_daemon if the profile and the website and the link to the release explain it, does the toot really need it?
I see it as a trade-off between more noise for those who know (which are probably most followers) and the reduced effort for those who don't know. The hope is that the latter can find out easily.
Example is the last release announcement of @teamtype where we didn't include the explanation. I'm open to include it in the future, but it's not yet 100% clear to me that that's better.
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@mr_daemon @retrotechshop
Also don't say "Our new product [ThisThing] is available - it's like [ThatThing*]" - *I've never heard of ThatThing either, so saying it's "like" it is telling me nothing.
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@mr_daemon if the profile and the website and the link to the release explain it, does the toot really need it?
I see it as a trade-off between more noise for those who know (which are probably most followers) and the reduced effort for those who don't know. The hope is that the latter can find out easily.
Example is the last release announcement of @teamtype where we didn't include the explanation. I'm open to include it in the future, but it's not yet 100% clear to me that that's better.
> if the profile and the website and the link to the release explain it, does the toot really need it?
Yes, absolutely.
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@mr_daemon if the profile and the website and the link to the release explain it, does the toot really need it?
I see it as a trade-off between more noise for those who know (which are probably most followers) and the reduced effort for those who don't know. The hope is that the latter can find out easily.
Example is the last release announcement of @teamtype where we didn't include the explanation. I'm open to include it in the future, but it's not yet 100% clear to me that that's better.
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Also please put this description on the website for your thing!
There are so many websites now that don't give any clue as to what they actually are or do. Adding a simple "About" link to a straightforward explanation of the thing would be brilliant (imagine you're writing the Wikipedia page for your thing rather than marketing hype).
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@mr_daemon
I often find myself saying "but what does it do?", when reading the README of projects hosted on Git**b. I generally then move on to some other task.@saxicola @mr_daemon Gods what an annoyance. Just one line guys, I need to know if the search that brought me here was in any way successful or a wrong turn!
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@mr_daemon Oups, I should have known to do better announcing at https://floss.social/@ariel/116012863584455141
Thanks for the reminder.
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@mr_daemon @gsuberland so say we all!
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@mr_daemon we're still stuck on libencarbulator turbo++ 1.7 because of some other dependencies #techdebt
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@mr_daemon@untrusted.website Gachastuck still in development now still doesn't support downloading and playing the game
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Also please put this description on the website for your thing!
There are so many websites now that don't give any clue as to what they actually are or do. Adding a simple "About" link to a straightforward explanation of the thing would be brilliant (imagine you're writing the Wikipedia page for your thing rather than marketing hype).
@FediThing @mr_daemon > imagine you're writing the Wikipedia page for your thing rather than marketing hype
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@mr_daemon @aburka
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@mr_daemon @wez it's even worse now since most websites first blast you in the face about some AI bullshit they put in
@Chase @mr_daemon @wez thatβs good though because it serves as an immediate βyouβre outβ.
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@mr_daemon @retrotechshop
Also don't say "Our new product [ThisThing] is available - it's like [ThatThing*]" - *I've never heard of ThatThing either, so saying it's "like" it is telling me nothing.@SmartmanApps
The only exception where that makes sense is if its sole purpose is to be like ThatThing. But then you phrase it differently.
"ThisThing, a free software alternative of the proprietary ThatThing, is now available!"
Other than that, yeah, I agree.
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Absolutely agree.
Is this OK: https://nrw.social/@HaraldKi/116017691942879440
There is obviously a tradeoff between describing what it is, and what is new given the message length limit. But, hmm, reevaluating, the former is probably more important as absolutely nobody knows what is is anyway.
(Could't resist this ultimate chance for some self promotion.
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@mr_daemon finally the new libencarbulator, I almost missed it!
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@mr_daemon
I often find myself saying "but what does it do?", when reading the README of projects hosted on Git**b. I generally then move on to some other task.@saxicola @mr_daemon Text files on github? I usually find myself saying "what was it that I have to do to be able to read this" and may either change "/blob/" to "/raw/" or just close the tab right away.
(Granted, github sometimes puts some of these as part of the directory list (... when it feels like serving the directory listing instead of JS), but that tends to be more an exception, unless all the README files you want to read are always the one it picks to show (I'm also thinking some codebases often have more than one relevant text file, if not even several READMEs).)
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