Comment by tpmx
5 years ago
A good way of dealing with this kind of thing in the future would be to include some clarifying words in the post title to HN. Like "TSMC Builds a Dedicated 28nm Fab for Sony CMOS image sensors".
HN gathers all kinds of people from the technology world. We can't all be expected to know all of of the acronyms from all of the various sectors.
The parent comment received 15 upvotes in a few hours, so I'm guessing most people on here don't know what "CIS" means in this context.
As always, tailor your message to the likely reader.
> The parent comment received 15 upvotes in a few hours, so I'm guessing most people on here don't know what "CIS" means in this context.
People are more likely to have opinions on writing style than imaging chip economics and manufacturing.
By posting on HN to complain about writing style, that comment took the discussion off topic and provided plenty of room for people to bikeshed.
This wasn't about writing style though - it was about making the piece understandable to at least 95% of readers instead of maybe 1%.
Those 94% are never going to generate revenue for “image-sensors-world”... why waste bandwidth on them?