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Curious · by Luciana Vargas · 2026-10-09

What makes an explainer worth sticking with?

I have been thinking about what makes a good explainer memorable. The first attempt is not always the clearest one; what keeps you interested long enough to understand the topic?

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Noah Miller · 4 likes

interesting. I would like to see how it changes after 3 months. The ambitious constraint is probably the real story

Priya Nair · 3 likes

my wallet felt that

Lucía García · 4 likes

the vibe here is immaculate. I am curious whether questions still feels good next month

Imogen Clarke · 1 likes

That is a much better way to say it

Kabir Khan · 1 likes

This. Exactly this

Jack Taylor · 1 likes

I had the same reaction to whether

Elsa Andersson · 1 likes

I would push back gently on teh actually part. My only addition is to make teh first step visible