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That's a great contribution and really worthy of a blog post in it's own right. But what's with the first (single word) paragraph? It seemed to me as particula
by ra 15y ago
That's a great contribution and really worthy of a blog post in it's own right.
But what's with the first (single word) paragraph? It seemed to me as particularly arrogant... really threw me off. I'm sure I misunderstood you intention, but it almost prevented me from reading the rest of what you had to say.
But I'm glad I got past that.
- stonemetal 15y agoIt is a +1 mechanism for places that don't have voting, so far as I can tell. I have seen it quite often over on reddit. It used to be rather frowned upon here but the removal of visible vote numbers is likely to encourage it.
- petewailes 15y agoBasically what stonemetal said. With no vote count, it's a visual indication that I'm in agreement with what the person I'm replying to has said, and extending upon it.
- danparsonson 15y ago"This" as the start of a reply is shorthand for "the comment I'm replying to makes a very good point that I agree with entirely" (and usually "and here's my take on what (s)he wrote"), rather than "what you are about to read is the answer you are looking for".
- ninjaa 15y ago"This." is shorthand for "This is how:"