Update networks doc to avoid passive voice & reduce word count

[setgree]

• The lead sentence in this page should define networks rather than explaining something about how they work, so I switched the first and second sentences around
• Some passive voice, e.g. "Agreement on transactions...is decided by a consensus of peers," which I rearranged to put the actors first
• some overlong, repetitive sentences that I condensed

Further suggestions

• The page has a few more instances of passive voice whose intent I wasn't clear enough about to feel confident editing, e.g. "it's useful to know" -- perhaps a real expert can take a second look 😃
• Perhaps the deprecated networks can be moved to the bottom of the page under a header 'Deprecated networks?' I wasn't sure enough about this to make the change

Thanks in advance!

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[minimalsm]

Thanks for the improvements @setgree ❤️

[minimalsm]

The page has a few more instances of passive voice whose intent I wasn't clear enough about to feel confident editing, e.g. "it's useful to know" -- perhaps a real expert can take a second look 😃

I think the tone of that sentence is fine. What would you suggest?

Perhaps the deprecated networks can be moved to the bottom of the page under a header 'Deprecated networks?' I wasn't sure enough about this to make the change

Ideally, yes. However, on Ethereum things being deprecated and things being unused are two different stories 😅 e.g. Rinkeby is still the most widely used testnet for development purposes right now. It isn't ideal, but keeping them together (for the list of faucets) would be my preference for now. Hopefully we can remove them soon :-)

[setgree]

👋 thanks for the quick turnaround! I observe that you and I part ways on the question of sentence fragments, but I happily defer. (A matter of taste! 😃)

• RE: "it's useful to know" -- I'm not sure TBH, perhaps passive voice is the right thing here
• RE: deprecated vs. out of use -- totally see your point, I lacked that context

Until next time,