Re:The New Internet
by ragall on Sunday July 28, 2024 @08:05PM
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BLUF is bad, it's precisely a technique borne in the the world of newspaper publishing for writing catchy articles (what is not called clickbait).
Classical philosophical writing is the exact opposite: start with some problems, elaborate in high detail and finish with a conclusion.
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Clickbait is BLUF with a deceptive bottom line (BL). Clickbait is bad. You can choose to write in BLUF style without that.
In my experience, I only prefer "Classical philosophical writing" when I'm already convinced of reading the content (e.g. know the author, interested by the subject).
In almost all other cases, I prefer BLUF format: i.e. "get to the point, I'll read more if I'm intrigued".