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>in case you aren't aware as to where to find them The guidelines are linked at the bottom of every page, and directly underneath the comment box on new accoun
by jfindper 10mo ago
>in case you aren't aware as to where to find them
The guidelines are linked at the bottom of every page, and directly underneath the comment box on new accounts. I also, perhaps surprisingly, know how to google "hn guidelines". Or ask chatgpt. Or reply "where's that piece of information from?".
>I think that's a doubly reasonable thing to do, given that your account is new, too.
People link the guidelines and, like, wikipedia to accounts that are 10 years old with 30,000 karma. It's a weird quirk of HN.
If you're talking to someone in real life, or professional emails, or whatever and you provide citations for commonly known things/definitions/etc.... you're being condescending.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 10mo ago> If you're talking to someone in real life, or professional emails, or whatever and you provide citations for commonly known things/definitions/etc.... you're being condescending. If you're commenting on a public forum and you provide citations for commonly known things/definitions/etc., you're supplying the source of your claims for people who may be unaware. You are not the only reader of their comment (nor this one), even if it is in direct reply to yours.
- jfindper 10mo ago[flagged]
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 10mo agoYou're missing the point. You shouldn't take it personally. > Assuming everyone is an idiot who a) doesn't know something common and b) isn't able to figure out how to google it and c) isn't able to figure out how to say "where's that from?" in a reply These things were neither assumed nor implied.
- jfindper 10mo agoThey are implied when someone feels like they need to cite commonly known, easily found, and easily asked about stuff. That’s like the whole reason why it’s condescending
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 10mo agoI'm aware that this is your perspective but you should be aware that it is your subjective opinion. Their intention does not appear to be condescending. They did not assume or imply any of those things. Your anger is misplaced with that individual; they didn't hurt you.
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