Comment by coderatlarge
2 days ago
that’s a lot to expect of readers… good writing needs to give readers every opportunity to find the good in it.
2 days ago
that’s a lot to expect of readers… good writing needs to give readers every opportunity to find the good in it.
It is a lot to expect of readers... It's also explicitly asked of us in this forum. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
fair point
it’s fine for a forum to try to have different expectations than the local cafe - that’s kind of like a host asking their guests to remove shoes before walking into their home. but it doesn’t really change a priori basic facts about good writing.
perhaps this is the appropriate forum to reference pg
https://paulgraham.com/writing44.html
https://paulgraham.com/essay.htm