* no matter if you provide links to explain everything, many won't follow any of 'em
* but you _must_ provide citations for every fact or claim
What I try to do is boil down long stuff to shorter punchier summaries, and explain harder tech stuff so non-experts can follow it.
If the reasons for something, or what it means, or why it matters, are not very obvious, I try to explain the whys and wherefores.
But when it's simple, some will complain there's not enough. If it's not simple, some will complain it's too hard. No matter how well referenced, some will argue. Even if it's my direct personal experience, some will tell me I am wrong.
It is a hard line to walk as a journo.
I have discovered, the hard way, that:
* _many_ people can't skim
* but they don't know that they can't
* so they misunderstand and blame the writer
* no matter if you provide links to explain everything, many won't follow any of 'em
* but you _must_ provide citations for every fact or claim
What I try to do is boil down long stuff to shorter punchier summaries, and explain harder tech stuff so non-experts can follow it.
If the reasons for something, or what it means, or why it matters, are not very obvious, I try to explain the whys and wherefores.
But when it's simple, some will complain there's not enough. If it's not simple, some will complain it's too hard. No matter how well referenced, some will argue. Even if it's my direct personal experience, some will tell me I am wrong.