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It's well known that live presenters are often advised to add a dose of humour in order to engage the audience better. However, I very rarely see humour in written technical documentation; this de...
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System
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2019-12-08T08:03:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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DVK
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2019-12-08T08:03:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
It's well known that live presenters are often advised to add a dose of humour in order to engage the audience better. However, I very rarely see humour in written technical documentation; this despite it also being widely known that most people rarely engage with documentation, and consume it very ineffectively when they do. "The Feynman Lectures on Physics" are a good example of humour being included. Is avoiding humour just a cultural tradition, or is there research indicating that there's no engagement boost from using it in written documentation? (Or, as I would hope, is there research that there _is_ such a boost)?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-01-23T19:52:48Z (almost 7 years ago)
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