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Monday, February 22, 2010
If I see one more “after the jump” I am going to toss my cookies…
How about we just write in English rather than “internetese?” I don’t know what “after the jump” means and I don’t think I need to care (what it means).
I tried to Google it and I still don’t know what it means. It doesn’t appear to be necessary to include it in an article or a blog post, and even if it is somewhat helpful, why would you write something relatively unimportant that lots of people clearly don’t understand? Not to mention the fact that I can pretty much figure out when something is a couple of rows down on the page.
Here is the end of a short post on Fangraphs.
Finally, you can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.
Audio after the jump.
There is a little audio icon right after the last sentence. “After the jump?” Huh? What jump? Uh, I can see the audio icon, thank you. And I don’t see any “jump.” Does that sentence add anything to the blog post?
Anyway, for you bloggers, please stop with the stupid, unnecessary internet lingo. I guess it makes them feel cool, at the expense of the reader. It adds nothing to the reading experience. It really doesn’t.
Am I missing something?