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This is a meta comment, but the (apparent) style of using a different color (red) to indicate direct quotes is interesting. At first I found it confusing and a
by freedomben 3y ago
This is a meta comment, but the (apparent) style of using a different color (red) to indicate direct quotes is interesting. At first I found it confusing and a little distracting, but on the second pass where my goal was to cleanly separate the author's opinion from the sources, it was extremely helpful.
- ParetoOptimal 3y agoI agree. I also found this both interesting and strange at first, but ultimately very helpful.
- pantsforbirds 3y agoI wonder if the inspiration for this comes from Bibles? It's a common practice to have direct quotes from Jesus in red.
- freedomben 3y agoI had the same thought! I dismissed it though as perhaps coincidence because anyone used to reading a "red text" bible may find it offensive or at least distasteful to equate other people's words with Jesus. I could very well be overthinking that though and/or be projecting my own religious upbringing (where blasphemy and sacrilegiosity are very sensitive and highly frowned upon. Even saying "he" instead of "He" is looked at as skirting the line).
- pantsforbirds 3y agoIt is a very practical way to show someone is being quoted though.
- indrora 3y agoSomething like that. It's specifically for quotations that come from other sources and are presented verbatim; In the LWN UI settings: "These preferences affect how text that is quoted from other sources (press articles or whatever) in LWN news articles is rendered in your browser."