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> Writers: stop being so damned bossy.

Yes.

The article itself is very slightly more nuanced than its title, but it still describes a very targeted range of user ('hipster', 'geek'), that doesn't include 'employee' and 'tourist', for example.

> The imperative title has had its run in the fussy etiquette pieces

I agree that it is important to understand possible users, but the specific imperative of this title is not appropriate given the range of all the different types of possible users that developers may need to support.



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