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> Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put *asterisks* around it and it will get italicized. https://news.ycombi
by Wowfunhappy 4y ago
> Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put *asterisks* around it and it will get italicized.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dragontamer 4y agoUppercase just means they copy/pasted from Bloomberg in financial news.
- wmf 4y agoPlease don't lazily copy/paste either I guess.
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoI would have thought uppercase for quoting is equally bad, for the same reason as using uppercase for emphasis. You can use ** and/or prefix with >. But, okay, clearly the community disagrees with my interpretation of the guidelines!
- gamblor956 4y agoHe means that the original copied text was in uppercase...
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoOkay, but I don't think changing the case is too big an ask.