The article starts with "This is one of my favorite USDS stories:"
Such a hassle when authors just assume everybody is also in their bubble and know all thr acronyms. I'm not in or from the U.S. I have no clue what USDS is. Bad start to introduce me to your article.
> Such a hassle when authors just assume everybody is also in their bubble and know all thr acronyms
Yes, totally agree.
And for those who say 'well you got Google don't you?' or similar, my searches found United States Department of State and United States Digital Service. Both of these seem plausible but who knows.
This is one of the reasons I hate acronyms so much, they have a place when definitely put in context (previous conversation, or spelled out first), but if it's an article (kind of paywalled btw, but that's another thing) and not follow up on something nor quick letter to someone, as article it is designed to target broader audience who are out of context what it will be about (especially with that clickbaiting title) it has no place for acronyms right from the start and so ambiguous ones.
The whole thing looks like a rushed rant written to get some views on Medium and not to share "favorite story".
Such a hassle when authors just assume everybody is also in their bubble and know all thr acronyms. I'm not in or from the U.S. I have no clue what USDS is. Bad start to introduce me to your article.