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Re:Hemingway Editor by semi-extrinsic on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @06:33PM (#25131332)
As others have pointed out, the application of such a tool for the prevention of bad writing will, at best, produce writing that is merely mediocre instead. One but hopes that the common reader of HN aspires to produce writing of a quality beyond the mediocre, unless she is usually assigned with the most trite and dreary of tasks.
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Re:Hemingway Editor by Gene_Parmesan on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @07:10PM (#25131607)
Think of it as an attention getter. Rather than saying "you need to change this," it's a way to say "Make sure your usage of this construct is thoughtful and intentional instead of accidental."

To that extent it seems like it could be useful in certain contexts.

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