Comment by Tao3300
3 years ago
Citing the guidelines is against the guidelines, if not by the letter, in spirit. It's boring and it lacks curiosity. It assumes too much about the sharer. "Can we stop this trend" is a dog whistle for the "HN is getting worse" complaint.
Instead we could be considering if we're meant to read the Twitter conversation as well, or sharing a laugh about the link in the tweet author's bio. Or maybe the sharer didn't feel comfortable enough seeming like they made the claim but still wanted to share it because it's kind of cool.
AFAIK there's no junior HN mod of the year award.
If guidelines were not to be cited, who would it guide?
How can I read the Twitter conversation when Twitter asks me to log in? :-)
With Nitter: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Extensions
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