Update: I now think it’s a problem with the first impression. A title with shorter words that stirred the imagination might perform better. I remember feeling the draw of effort to understand what the title meant.
Compared with “Growing edible algae on the Moon” - title was partly misleading - raise was overfunded with plenty of time to spare - Might have been “Assessing fresh spirulina as a space food at HI-SEAS”
“What is the ethanol resistance of lignin biocoating?” - accurate title - raise failed at 1⁄3 - Might have been “Can lignin keep cardboard from getting soggy when I soak it in beer?”
If too many syllables and not enough imagery in the first impression is why the raise failed to gather interest, then I made the same mistake when titling this post! Maybe it should have been “Why isn’t this project to vaccinate deer against anthrax getting funded?”
Update: I now think it’s a problem with the first impression. A title with shorter words that stirred the imagination might perform better. I remember feeling the draw of effort to understand what the title meant.
Compared with
“Growing edible algae on the Moon”
- title was partly misleading
- raise was overfunded with plenty of time to spare
- Might have been “Assessing fresh spirulina as a space food at HI-SEAS”
“What is the ethanol resistance of lignin biocoating?”
- accurate title
- raise failed at 1⁄3
- Might have been “Can lignin keep cardboard from getting soggy when I soak it in beer?”
If too many syllables and not enough imagery in the first impression is why the raise failed to gather interest, then I made the same mistake when titling this post! Maybe it should have been “Why isn’t this project to vaccinate deer against anthrax getting funded?”