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I don't think the post you're replying to deserves what feels like an aggressive dressing-down. The reality is that post formatting on HN is really janky and it
by kevingadd 1y ago
I don't think the post you're replying to deserves what feels like an aggressive dressing-down. The reality is that post formatting on HN is really janky and it's hard to get it to do what you want. I don't blame someone for failing to master HN formatting on one of their first tries.
- segfault22 1y agoPromise to try better next time, its really first post ever i have made on here, sorry!
- kevingadd 1y agoYou're doing fine! In general the best trick for HN posts is just to add extra line breaks so that there's enough space between your sentences.
- nothrabannosir 1y agoDon’t worry at all. Thank you for the content, and thank you for your time.
- kstrauser 1y agoDon't worry about it. I was able to read and understand your message clearly, even with the unimportant formatting mistakes.
- dang 1y ago(I'm a mod on HN) - We're both happy and lucky to have you, and I hope you'll stick around! Also, I hope getting to #1 on the front page with your first post led to more positive vibes than getting harangued led to negative ones :)
- benreesman 1y agoI've been here since like 2008 and I still screw it up sometimes. I'd have a not do it but HN comments are one of my "zero AI" zones. To echo sibling, its time to support markdown, its a standard now and even in arc, a reasonable subset is a pittance on anyone's time budget. It doesn't need to match GH bug for bug, that's a real project, but code formatting `backticks` is table stakes.
- refulgentis 1y agoI wonder if its healthy to end up at aggressive dressing down is when we review peoples submitted work and point out the second half is LLM-generated 4 item lists.
- closewith 1y agoTime for some self-reflection, I think.
- refulgentis 1y agoYou think so? Sounds a bit overwrought.
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