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by omani 584 days ago
"Why you're bad at giving feedback"

why you're bad at choosing titles.

EDIT: the title has changed to "Delivering actionable feedback". this is much better. someone listened.

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The original title is much better for most audiences.

It provides an immediate identification challenge and response in the reader’s mind: “Am I really bad at [X]?”

The edited title is in the language of committee reports. “Delivery” and “actionable” are formal and passive words, without an immediate connection to the reader.

> the title has changed

Only on HN

I didn't realize the title was changed. Who did this?