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Mads Stoumann

The late, great comicbook artist, Carl Barks, once said, that he only released stories, he'd pay for to read himself.

He knew, that 15 cents for a comicbook, were a lot of money for kids (in the 1950's) – so he wanted to give them “bang for the buck”.

I think the same principle should be applied to writing articles:

Only write and publish something meaningful, you'd happily spend time reading yourself!

I've replaced “pay” with ”time” since ”time” – or the lack of it – is the true currency today.

So, the next time you (well, not you, @inhuofficial ) write a “Top 7 Tips for Something”, ask yourself this:

“Would I spend time reading this myself?”

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GrahamTheDev

The tips were really good, just the presentation that needed work and I don’t want people to think otherwise.

I better add something to the beginning to clarify that, this one wasn’t me poking fun at listicles for once!

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GrahamTheDev • Edited

Right now that I have put that disclaimer in the article I just want to say I love this comment as general advice.

Stored the quote away for the series I am writing on blogging at the moment! Awesome advice for all content creators! ❤️

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Mads Stoumann

Thank you! 😀
I actually don't care if an article is a bit unorganized/messy, as long as I can feel the passion of the writer!

It always shines through, if someone is truly passionate about something, no matter the topic.

But: When an article is written with the clear intent of getting as many “likes” and tweets as possible, I tend to avoid it!

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GrahamTheDev • Edited

So you haven’t read the top, super original post that is top of the feed this month?

10 github repositories which will help you to become a better javascript developer

Surely it shows passion for github and JavaScript and isn’t in any way pandering or looking for likes? 🤣

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Mads Stoumann

😂