This post impressed me, I think, because it didn’t start out saying there was a prototype. I may have stopped reading at “prototype” if that line came first. There’s a huge “blech” factor for me at the idea of giving feedback on yet another partially created bit of software.
Reading the ideas about what the tool would (hopefully) do had me thinking, “this sounds cool, but is anyone ever going to actually make it?”
Then, near the end, the prototype is revealed. I thought, “Wow. Huh. I’m impressed they didn’t just talk about an idea that never goes anywhere. They executed. And the prototype seems neat when I play with it.”
Well, I’m conflicted. On one hand, you’re totally right, but on the other, I’m not that confident that the prototype actually adds much value to the post, aside from clickbait. But then again, I wrote it in part for the engagement, so not using it is silly.
Oh well, let’s take a step back and realize that this kind of inability to appeal to readers is exactly the true reason I propose the kind of system as described above.
By the way, did you open the link? Did it work? Feel free to actually vote on claims and create new ones.
>I took some time to write a small prototype
Start the post with this line!
This post impressed me, I think, because it didn’t start out saying there was a prototype. I may have stopped reading at “prototype” if that line came first. There’s a huge “blech” factor for me at the idea of giving feedback on yet another partially created bit of software.
Reading the ideas about what the tool would (hopefully) do had me thinking, “this sounds cool, but is anyone ever going to actually make it?”
Then, near the end, the prototype is revealed. I thought, “Wow. Huh. I’m impressed they didn’t just talk about an idea that never goes anywhere. They executed. And the prototype seems neat when I play with it.”
Well, I’m conflicted. On one hand, you’re totally right, but on the other, I’m not that confident that the prototype actually adds much value to the post, aside from clickbait. But then again, I wrote it in part for the engagement, so not using it is silly.
Oh well, let’s take a step back and realize that this kind of inability to appeal to readers is exactly the true reason I propose the kind of system as described above.
By the way, did you open the link? Did it work? Feel free to actually vote on claims and create new ones.