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I disagree with this as good advice. I think the post is at a point where any more self-editing would be navel-gazing. Instead, I’d advise first posting it to 1-3 editors whom you trust.

“Consider your audience” is good…but also not very actionable until you make your audience specific.



You're welcome to disagree, but what you're saying is pretty subjective. Self-editing is not "navel-gazing" if you do it right.

> but also not very actionable until you make your audience specific

He posted it to HN himself. Do I really need to be more specific?


> Self-editing is not “navel-gazing” if you do it right

True. But beyond a couple rounds of self-editing, it becomes extremely hard to do it right.

> Do I really need to be more specific?

Yep. HN is a whole bunch of people around the world. Look at what PG does before publishing an essay: 3-6 people whom he knows personally review them.




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