The Editors Regret Almost Everything

The editors regret almost everything, but not in a legally actionable way.

They regret the first draft, the second draft, the phrase “platform agnostic,” the committee that formed around the snack table, and the decision to describe the project as “nimble” during a moment of weakness.

They regret every font chosen too quickly and every sentence that tried to sound like it had attended a conference. They regret the drawer of unused titles. They regret the open tab about newsletter growth. They regret the word growth.

Still, the machine has been turned on. It hums in the corner. It wants posts, categories, tags, excerpts, images, deadlines, and a short description suitable for search engines.

The editors regret to inform you that they are giving it what it wants.