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I get that you want to make people aware of the tool and its advantages because you think others might find it useful. But what part of that requires any attention to the condescending idea of "messaging" vs just straight up telling people (a) what it does and (b) why you created it.

Anyway, perhaps I'm being a grumpy old man late in the workday, I'll leave it be :-)

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> But what part of that requires any attention to the condescending idea of "messaging" vs just straight up telling people (a) what it does and (b) why you created it.

"messaging" isn't a condescending idea, its simply having clear, coherent means of communicating some message, with awareness of the audience that message is directed to. Like, what your product is for and why people should (and how they can) use it.

You are correct, and the people downvoting you are wrong. Technical engineering decisions should be made on the basis of concrete analysis and not popularity contests. The noisy kids will come around sooner or later.

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