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Re:In 1 Sentence Explain... by prof on Monday August 01, 2011 @09:32AM (#2832010)
Is one sentance supposed to make it easier to understand? Because, for example the "explain programming"-answers made it more abstract and I guess people who does not know it would not understand it after "bla bla set of instructions bla bla".

Making explanations smaller means higer abstractions which means it is often harder to understand.

Edit: I do like small explanations. Like simple-wikipedia small.

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Re:In 1 Sentence Explain... by diesellaws on Monday August 01, 2011 @09:36AM (#2832027)
"Is one sentence supposed to make it easier to understand?" - To many = yes.

In my eyes, this would be perfect to get an explanation of new trends (e.g. a year ago it may have been this: http://1sentence.com/in-one-sentence-explain-social-media/)

But overall it's an experiment, and I didn't think many would use it (Until I posted it here: Thanks HN community).

So I will be seeing how it goes over the next few weeks, and see what the data suggests - but so far, I would say many love the simplicity of one sentence explanations.

Cheers for your feedback!

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