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The Style of Techrights

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Summary: Techrights wants to make you happy, so help us help you better by remarking on the site's style

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n order to get an idea across to many people it must be made interesting, not just important . Any scientist who sees a scientific paper transformed into something that's popularised on television (Cosmos for example) knows it very well. Making information a little more lively and animated need not degrade or detract from its accuracy. It need not have the messenger labeled "an entertainer" (at worst "a k00k") or the messages declared invalid, either.

“Making information a little more lively and animated need not degrade or detract from its accuracy.”Here at Techrights we chose an approach which retains accuracy, keeps the facts very dense (reuse through linking and concision for speed), makes the readers want to read, and provides as many external links as possible for claims to be validated and for readers to depart to sources of choice. Not everyone agrees with this approach.

Techrights uses a style less conventional among trade journals (which rarely contain any links at all) and verbal/graphical decorations are intended to please the reader, not to distract from the overall message. It's not as though I have not published scientific papers or produced articles for magazines. I adjust my style based on the audience and platform. For instance, the smiling GNOME fish in daily links hopefully makes readers happier. These posts contain positive news almost exclusively.

If the message and its presentation can be improved, please advise. When it comes to feedback, everything is taken into account and has real impact. We're here for readers and we are here because of the many readers.

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