Re:UX Copywriting in Product Design
by nerdponx on Sunday January 21, 2018 @11:55AM
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To hell with actionability, affability, etc. I would much rather know that "Request failed. Error code 0xa34cc9." than "Oops, that's embarrassing! Tacocat is all out of tacos. Please try again later."
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Which is completely valid feedback, assmuming the target user is also a tech savvy Person such as yourself.
The average consumer on a non-tech related site tends to give up pretty quickly when they see arcane error messages. “Oh I’m not technical enough to use that product”.