May 11, 2026
How to make your blog or forum post hard to read
Here’s how to make your post as hard to read as possible.
Step 1: Make it all one paragraph, the longer the better.
Step 2: Don’t put in any subheadings. If you’ve followed step 1, you won’t be able to do this anyway.
Step 3: Resist the urge to reformat some sentences as bulleted lists. Keep those sentences nice and long.
Step 4: Most importantly, make everything lower case. This includes the starts of sentences, the word “I” and any proper nouns.
This final step ensures that readers will balk at even attempting to read your post. Seeing a formless blob of grey, they will move on to something more appealing.
Good job. You’ve accomplished your goal.
What’s that you say? All lower-case is more conversational and authentic? No, it’s an unoriginal affectation that makes your prose hard to read.