Importance of Editors

Commenters emphasize the value of hiring editors for writing and publishing, highlighting how editors improve quality, catch errors, and why self-editing is challenging, often in the context of articles or blog posts.

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Sample Comments

comatose_kid Jul 3, 2013 View on HN

You should consider hiring an editor.

joewee Aug 23, 2012 View on HN

Well, that's what editors are for! ;)

profmonocle May 13, 2016 View on HN

It's not just programming. Journalists and authors have editors for this exact reason.

whaleofatw2022 Apr 20, 2024 View on HN

Some editors are more equal than others.

jmtame Feb 24, 2011 View on HN

someone else is doing the editing, for good reasons =]

developer93 Aug 8, 2023 View on HN

Don't editors fit in there somewhere?

fifnir Jul 11, 2024 View on HN

Hey at least those editors actually do something during the publishing process!

trendia Apr 2, 2017 View on HN

The editor.(Unfortunately, that makes the editor's job that much harder.)

elpool2 Jan 10, 2020 View on HN

Why does it matter if they have an editor?

brexis Oct 20, 2014 View on HN

Y U NO write this for other editors?