@tAre there other words like: "basically" "just" "simply" used in explanations/instructions to obscure actual complexity or difficulty? Is there a name for such words? They often shame the reader as a side-effect (if it’s not easy, it must be my fault)
https://tantek.com/t5Bu3 (twitter.com/_/status/1376330153047982084)
@yoz@t “This process is straightforward” “Only” as in “you only have to” (alternatively, “all you have to do is...”) Also “common” and “standard”: “Use any common frobnitzer to open the compartment” or “open the compartment using the standard method” (twitter.com/_/status/1376334677540134913)
[tantek]will give it another couple of hours to see how folks feel about "downplayer" as a label for such terms and if the Twitter thread surfaces any more (there's a bunch there)
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sebbu[Murray], there's also the possibility of thinking that you're right, like a forward thinker, while the World is wrong (like when people thought the sun circled around the earth, and only a few (or only one, after all, there must have been a first) said the opposite)
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[scojjac][tw2113_Slack_] Are you thinking about discovery of other sites, or surfacing your own stuff? I really like Jason Kottke's archive page, esp the way he uses tags. Personally, I like that the tags are not visually weighted.
[scojjac]I'm not currently interested in posting listens to my site, but I have added a little widget that shows what I'm playing on Spotify at a given moment. It only updates with a page refresh at the moment, though.
[tw2113_Slack_]what can i implement on my site, to help make me discoverable by other people as well as help people discover other people, and what can i look for on other peoples sites where i could discover even more.
plainoldcheese[mHi! been following indieweb stuff for a couple of weeks now and decided to check if there as a matrix server. Mostly just looking to add some more features, like webmentions, to my static site on GH pages.
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