@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 The "curse of knowledge" is real. Especially amongst software devs. "Everybody knows about my product! No need to give them an overview." See: open source projects; enterprise web pages.
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@wez Yeah, multiple frameworks are like this. Tells you all about the cool features, but you have no idea wtf it is for until you find the examples and then go `OH it's a task queue` or whatever.
@mr_daemon @wez it's even worse now since most websites first blast you in the face about some AI bullshit they put in
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Supports reticulating splines by integrating Spliiiner 5.38.4 and Gooprl5 via a crypo-spyfro-tiptoe retrangulator and optional flags with the Spango framework. Also includes the long-requested feature to actually save your work.
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@mr_daemon Cannot agree more. Brag more and so some self-promotion of the stuff you've built!
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@mr_daemon it encarbulates stuff, I would hope?
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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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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 that’s good though because it serves as an immediate “you’re out”.
