{"id":4995,"date":"2020-10-16T17:06:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T17:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/?p=4995"},"modified":"2021-05-20T12:02:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T12:02:07","slug":"microcopy-round-up-october-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/microcopy-round-up-october-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Microcopy Round-Up: October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Welcome to our October microcopy round-up, where we bring you some of the best community posts from the past month or so. As always, we\u2019ve got the good, the bad, and the funny.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Thanks as always to all the community members on Microcopy & UX Writing<\/a> for your valuable insights and contributions. Read till the end to see just how awesome our community is.<\/p>\n

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Love these password instructions by Smashing Magazine. Longer passwords with no special characters are easier to remember and harder to hack.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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What?! No emojis in my user name? This is bulls**t \ud83d\ude20.\u00a0JK \u2014 Slack strikes again with a little moment of delight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Just some classic microcopy by ActiveCampaign to add a bit of clarity. But what would you do if the opposite were true? (<\/a>More in the comments<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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The bad<\/h2>\n

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From classic wins to classic fails. Here\u2019s a perfect example of \u201ccancel confusion.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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If you ask your users if they want to cancel something, then don\u2019t have a button that says \u201ccancel\u201d that doesn\u2019t cancel the thing you were asking them if they want to cancel, right? I\u2019m confused\u2026<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s one from Facebook. A bit harsh, no?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The funny<\/h2>\n

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OK, but, why not in Python too?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Kitties, keep your paws off the keyboard.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve got no comment on this one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Something Special<\/h2>\n

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Recently, something special happened in our community that shows just what an amazing place it is. Grab had a bit of a back-end bug. One post and a few hours later, problem solved. See how it went down in the comments<\/a>. Amazing!<\/p>\n

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Thanks to everyone whose posts were featured here, and to all involved in the discussions. And thank you, , for reading. See you mid-November.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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