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I'm pretty sure this takes outsourcing a step or two too far. Personally, I'm hoping it's some kind of social experiment, and they're going to come out with so
by benwerd 16y ago
I'm pretty sure this takes outsourcing a step or two too far.
Personally, I'm hoping it's some kind of social experiment, and they're going to come out with some OKCupid-style expository blog posts in a few months.
(If anyone's seriously considering this, do ask yourself if it's really going to make you happy ...)
- larrik 16y agoThe idea that you would actually want this for the social interaction never occurred to me. My first reaction was that this was the next generation of 1) "I have a girlfriend!" 2) "Great! Can I meet her?" 3) "Uh no, she lives far away" 4) "Oh. Then how did you meet?" 5) "Um, summer camp?" 6) "Suuurrrre." Edit: I still don't understand HN's line break formatting. Edit 2: Thanks
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoAt the bottom of every page there's a link to the FAQ: http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html That has the question: "What kind of formatting can you use in comments?" followed by this link: http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc That says: Blank lines separate paragraphs. Text after a blank line that is indented by two or more spaces is reproduced verbatim. (This is intended for code.) Text surrounded by asterisks is italicized, if the character after the first asterisk isn't whitespace. Urls become links, except in the text field of a submission. Does that answer your question? You get a line break by leaving a blank line.