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0 pointsTrueDuality5mo ago0 comments

Now THAT is great news

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From the HN guidelines:

> Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put asterisks around it and it will get italicized.

ceejayoz5mo ago

There's a reason they're called "guidelines" and not "hard rules".

Wowfunhappy5mo ago

I thought the reminder from GP was fair and I'm disappointed that it's downvoted as of this writing. One thing I've always appreciated about this community is that we can remind each other of the guidelines.

Yes it was just one word, and probably an accident—an accident I've made myself, and felt bad about afterwards—but the guideline is specific about "word or phrase", meaning single words are included. If GGP's single word doesn't apply, what does?

Aeolun5mo ago

THIS, FOR EXAMPLE. IT IS MUCH MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW ANNOYING IT IS TO READ THAN A SINGLE CAPITALIZATION OF that.

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Uehreka5mo ago

I’m not the GP, but the reason I capitalize words instead of italicizing them is because the italics don’t look italic enough to convey emphasis. I get the feeling that that may be because HN wants to downplay emphasis in general, which if true is a bad goal that I oppose.

Also, those guidelines were written in the 2000s in a much different context and haven’t really evolved with the times. They seem out of date today, many of us just don’t consider them that relevant.

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