What makes a good article good?

Hey devs,

Can you share your point of view? What are the qualities of a good article?

Is it...

• Easy to read.
• Has some great information.
• Funny / Enjoyable.
• Has someone's experience or story.
• What else?

Comments

[Jen Miller]

hmm, my top two are:

Value
It has to provide value to me. Value could be an emotion or a piece of information. But there has to be something there

Tone To The Reader
To me, one of the most off turning aspects of a blog is if it's too arrogant or degrades the reader. Some of this I'm pulling off a my comment/discussion from here.

For example, articles that bully or is rude to a reader, but justify it in 'the name of developer advocacy' are a prime example. "You should know this, if you don't, then you are a bad person" kind of tone I think are poor ways to convey a point of view.

I'm OK with catchy titles, we all do those. But when there is a lack of 'compassion' in discussing a POV (that not everyone needs to share), then compassion has a bigger impact then just sound like a jerk.

[Bassem]

Yeah, Totally agree with you here. Everyone needs to have this concept that their POV is a POV after all.

[ismail self-developer]

Wouldn't let readers take their eyes off of it (keep them keen to read more, in hopes of finding more and more info as they continue reading through)

[Bassem]

Good point 👌👏, I think every blogger aims to do this.