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jmac

@steamdeckhq This is fun! Thank you for sharing—I look forward to trying this.

Can I also encourage you to steer away from using "Someone” in headlines, at least for articles where you in fact know exactly who is responsible? It suggests that the author is either unknown or not worth crediting.

You have a chance here to encourage a culture of sharing creative work with attribution, rather than sticking to the internet default of rubbing out the byline before sharing something cool you found.

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SteamDeckHQ

@jmac We definitely don’t want to take any credit for work that isn’t ours, which is why we mention exactly who made it in the article. Because of Google, we do have to be careful to make sure our page can be seen (Google really sucks), but we by no means take any credit for the creative work we share that is made by others.

I will see what can be done in the future, but sharing creative work will never NOT have attribution to the actual creator.

jmac

@steamdeckhq Oh…! I think I wasn't clear, let me rephrase:

Rather than have a headline that says, literally "Someone turned a part of […]", consider something like “Steam deck fan turned a part of […]”.

I recognize and respect the challenge of headline writing! My point is just that "Someone" means "An unknown person", to me.

Please keep up the good work, and apply or ignore this suggestion at will. :)

SteamDeckHQ

@jmac ah okay I see what you mean! I can try to find a better way to word it. Thank you for the suggestion.

Google is a horrible beast sometimes, and I do appreciate the understanding of the situation. We are all still learning here, so thank you for taking the time to read and let us know your thoughts.

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