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Fyi, we use asterisks (*) for emphasis on HN
by efilife 2y ago
Fyi, we use asterisks (*) for emphasis on HN
- Kiro 2y agoDifferent thing. Using visible _ is a conscious choice.
- efilife 2y agoWhy?
- Kiro 2y agoIt looks nice and has been a staple in hacker culture for decades, long before we had rich text and were just chatting on IRC.
- sph 2y agoAlso it looks like _underlined_ text
- efilife 2y agoIt doesn't look nice at all to me. Real emphasis looks way nicer, that's its purpose. Now that we have rich text, why not utilize it?
- Kiro 2y agoI use both and will continue to do so. You're trying to lecture people who have been on HN for more than 10 years how "we" do stuff around here.
- efilife 2y agoThere's so much wrong with this reply I won't even bother trying to respond, I feel the negativity of this comment pour through my screen
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- willvarfar 2y agounderscores around italics and asterisk around strong/bold was an informal convention on bbs, irc and forums way before atx/markdown.
- komali2 2y agoWho's "we?"
- mkl 2y agoEveryone who uses italics on HN, which is a lot of us: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
- komali2 2y agoNot to be a pedantic asshole, but those guidelines don't mention italicizing as emphasis, just that * causes italicizes. In fact the OP should probably say that they believe "HN users use italicization to emphasize," which again, who's "we?" _This_ style of emphasis, as others have mentioned, has been bouncing around IRC and whatnot forever.
- efilife 2y agoMost of HN users