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  • Oct 20, 2026, 2:29 PM

    In all seriousness, I will say that this sort of jargon is precisely why I started explaining things on the internet. I too can get super in the weeds on subjects which interest me but I do my darndest to try and "translate" it to make it easier.

    Enthusiast groups will enthusiast, and they might not be intending on building a gate for gatekeeping, but that's what jargon does and that's what I'm trying to break down.

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  • Oct 20, 2026, 2:37 PM

    I also think that this act - breaking down jargon - is why some folks deride YouTubers with language like "all they do is talk about X, they aren't building X".

    Some are more effective than others, that's for sure, but the role of "entertainer who teaches you something" is kind of an important one. We make fun of quote-unquote "influencers" or "content creators" for doing the service of breaking down complex topics, and then we look around and wonder why our enthusiast groups are homogeneous.

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  • Oct 20, 2026, 2:45 PM

    @veronica

    There's absolutely a need for it.

    I think all of us have had our lives saved at some point in time by a very slow and methodical youtube tutorial with 7 views on it which is just a screen recording and an Indian man talking you through the steps slowly using his webcam's built in mic.

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