undefined | Better HN

0 pointstomjen34y ago0 comments

Old angry man rant incoming.

>comment on the title (which is often misleading)

I grew up with the understanding that in a newspaper you should be able to read the title and get to know what happen and then be able to progressively read more if you wanted more details.

When the title is not accurate enough, or is click-bait, maybe we should start there with the AI there?

0 comments

jstx14y ago

Newspapers use (used?) an inverted pyramid structure because the bottom of the article can often be cut in editing so everything fits correctly on the page. As a newspaper journalist, this is out of your control so you need to make sure that your text makes sense even if one or more paragraphs are cut from the bottom.

I suppose it helps with attention and assimilating information too.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse