Martin Jambon · @mjambon
51 followers · 132 posts · Server qoto.org

GitHub's documentation is insanely bad. Hint: Do not ever write "you can ..." in your documentation. Specify the problem and recommend a solution e.g.

Don't: "You can give permission to GitHub using the Floob interface".

Do: "To publish the page, give permission to GitHub using the Floob interface".

Also, while you're at it, read how to make your life easier by separating the 4 types of documentation: documentation.divio.com/

#software #documentation #badwriting #wtf #microsoft #github

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Fredrik Graver · @fgraver
368 followers · 1678 posts · Server hcommons.social

And, it’s really not helping that pretty much ever sentence I’m writing is complete and utter shite.

#academicwriting #badwriting #uttercrapwriting #whythefuckcantiwritetosavemylife

Last updated 1 year ago

OddOpinions5 · @failedLyndonLaRouchite
280 followers · 3587 posts · Server mas.to

I ran into some blogs today, and once again had the thought that erasure of all blogs and all their data and words would be a net positive for humanity

#redpencil #editing #badwriting #blogging #blog

Last updated 1 year ago

ZombiePete 🇺🇦 · @PeterAperlo
165 followers · 1657 posts · Server socel.net

Doesn't this imply there were passengers that DID survive the wreck? WTF?

#badwriting

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Astrobach :breadified: · @rorystarr
565 followers · 2515 posts · Server mstdn.social
Astrobach :breadified: · @rorystarr
551 followers · 2227 posts · Server mstdn.social

Love this post from The Phare (a UK based literary magazine) re: William Faulkner on reading.

I've tossed a great many books against the wall rather than out the window, but the reason for it was the same.

The Phare's website: thephare.com/
The Phare on IG: instagram.com/pharelitmag/

#writingcommunity #WilliamFaulkner #badwriting #goodwriting #reading

Last updated 2 years ago

Edward Champion · @edwardchampion
699 followers · 1421 posts · Server universeodon.com

"You may be the illegitimate son of a fecund test tube, but I know you better than your planners ever did."

Actual postcoital dialogue from David Brin. And, no, this is not a comedy.

#davidbrin #badwriting

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Astrobach :breadified: · @rorystarr
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SteviLeeAlver · @stevileealver
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Astrobach :breadified: · @rorystarr
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cytokine_storm · @cytokine_storm
218 followers · 795 posts · Server aus.social

I am going to be using the shit out of AI summaries of bureacratic documents.

Maybe everyone will take the hint that "dot points are great, actually" but I doubt it.

#ai #bureacracy #badwriting #prose

Last updated 2 years ago

Astrobach :breadified: · @rorystarr
525 followers · 1865 posts · Server mstdn.social
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BeachwoodReport · @beachwoodreport
284 followers · 1094 posts · Server newsie.social

"marched inexorably downfield"

"divorce far from a foregone conclusion"

"telegraphing (the next step)"

"getting down to brass tacks"

"looking for a greener gridiron"

Plus, the article doesn't get close to answering the question in the headline, and needlessly quotes a tainted political consultant who has zero insight.

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What will happen to Soldier Field without the Chicago Bears? –

chicagotribune.com/politics/ct

#badwriting #Journalism #editing #chicagotribune

Last updated 2 years ago