Jeff Feiwell
@hyper
The absolute worst trend in writing is the now standard “thank you to xyz for reading drafts” It’s a thinly veiled status arb opposed to letting the writing stand on its own There is no reason to publicly thank a friend for spending 15 minutes marking up your draft. This type of thing is baked into friendship
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Claus Wilke
@clauswilke
I don't think it's a new trend to put statements such as these into acknowledgments. It's maybe just that in the past those would be sections in books that nobody would read?
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Jeff Feiwell
@hyper
A book is an entirely different undertaking than a blog post It would appear PG started this but inconclusive
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