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Not only that. Why the text submited in the starting post is grey? That's a strange decision to me. E.g.: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31418908 https:/
by ycuser2 4y ago
Not only that. Why the text submited in the starting post is grey? That's a strange decision to me.
E.g.: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31418908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31418908
- Jerrrry 4y agoI just assumed all self-posts are hated and immediately downvoted into illegibility.
- coldpie 4y agoI emailed dang about this once, though I didn't find the reply terribly illuminating: > I think the original intention was probably to de-emphasize the top text a little, relative to the comments below, so it doesn't come across as so authoritative. But that's just a guess. I agree that it's low-contrast. I'm reluctant to mess with the existing design, but we'll think about it.
- mdp2021 4y ago> the reply I see the reply corresponds to what I would have guessed: tradition.