Re:Cognition: A New Antisyntax Language Redefining Metaprogr...
by flir on Thursday May 02, 2024 @07:09AM
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Inverted pyramid structure is a useful tool.
Sometimes it's inappropriate, and ultimately the author is the best judge of this.
If you view text composition as a UX problem, it will help you figure out when to use the tool and when not to.
Examples where it isn't used (clickbait headlines, recipe blogs with three pages of meandering before they get to the ingredients, SEO "optimised" youtube videos) are, IMO, examples of dark UX patterns more often than not. But your use-case may be valid.
(This comment written using an inverted pyramid structure).
Sometimes it's inappropriate, and ultimately the author is the best judge of this.
If you view text composition as a UX problem, it will help you figure out when to use the tool and when not to.
Examples where it isn't used (clickbait headlines, recipe blogs with three pages of meandering before they get to the ingredients, SEO "optimised" youtube videos) are, IMO, examples of dark UX patterns more often than not. But your use-case may be valid.
(This comment written using an inverted pyramid structure).