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Why not? The author of the post wanted to point to a specific part of the terms. How would they do it otherwise?
by low_tech_love 2y ago
Why not? The author of the post wanted to point to a specific part of the terms. How would they do it otherwise?
- dang 2y agoUsually it's best to do it by adding a comment to the thread. Then your view will be on a level playing field with everyone else's. Lots of past explanations here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20title%20cherry%20pick&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22level%20playing%20field%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
- tomp 2y agoThere were a lot of previous threads, none of which caught any real traction, because they didn't highlight exactly the controversial part like my title did.
- dang 2y agoYup, I agree that's a problem with this approach. In practice, there's a grey area - see my recent post here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43179132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43179132 (specifically the 3rd and 4th paragraphs).