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Speculation, but two causes could be: - Writing in a plaintext editor before copying into HN. - Using a third party HN client that only supports plaintext. For
by nicd 4y ago
Speculation, but two causes could be:
- Writing in a plaintext editor before copying into HN.
- Using a third party HN client that only supports plaintext. For example, I imagine there might be at least a few people out there who might access HN from a terminal client?
- xk3 4y ago> Writing in a plaintext editor before copying into HN Yes, I think it is a thing where people type into Microsoft Word (or similar). Given how moving around the web can cause text in fields to be lost, I don't blame them. But it was a surprising discovery for sure.
- segfaultbuserr 4y agoMobile devices is my guess. For example, iOS by default does not use straight ASCII quote, all quotes are "typographically-correct" curly quotes, pretty much in conformance of Apple design-obsessive reputation.
- fuckstick 4y agoIt’s the default substitution done on iOS devices - the OS used on the most widely used smartphone in the US - this is a lot more common among HN users than copying and pasting out of MS Word??
- banana_giraffe 4y agoA people using iOS with its default “Smart Punctuation” behavior?
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