440: When to use acronyms in your content

<p>When should we use acronyms in our content? Seems like a simple question that isn't asked often.</p> <p>I see it all the time, unfortunately: Articles full of alphabet soup. Every chance the writer gets, they'll use acronyms. Nonstop. All the time. Now, I don't want to overstate things here. There's a place to use acronyms when they are globally understood and sometimes we don't even know they are acronyms.</p> <p>For example, laser is an acronym that stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, <a href="https://www.apstylebook.com/ap_stylebook/abbreviations-and-acronyms">according to the AP Stylebook</a>.</p> <p>But let's dive into things here one step at a time:</p> <ul> <li>What are acronyms?</li> <li>Why do writers use them?</li> <li>The reason not to use them.</li> </ul> <p>Read more about the topic here: <a href="http://christoptrappe.com/acronyms">http://christoptrappe.com/acronyms</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ctrappe/message