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Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨months⊠agoYou have to assume some level of end user knowledge, otherwise every piece of documentation would start with âWhat a computer doesâ and âHow to turn your computer on.â
Iâve found the best practice is to list your assumptions at the top of the article with links to more detailed instructions.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
I do agree, manies have I found documentation saying âmake a fresh install of Raspbianâ as if Iâm using the computer for this single issue
(Disclaimer: I am not running matrix on a Raspberry Pi)
vividspecter@lemm.ee â¨3⊠â¨months⊠ago
Another case is listing a huge number of steps to do some task, without acting describing what the end goal for each set of instructions is (common in âhow toâ guides, and especially ones that involve a GUI).
This means that less technical users donât really understand what is going on and are just following steps in a rote way, and it wastes the time of technical users since they probably know how to achieve each goal already.