Comment by dang
3 days ago
Oh that one is a classic case of people 'remembering' a rule that never existed - there's a name for this illusion but I forget what it is.
See https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... for history...
3 days ago
Oh that one is a classic case of people 'remembering' a rule that never existed - there's a name for this illusion but I forget what it is.
See https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... for history...
> 'remembering' a rule that never existed
Probably the Mandela effect!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory#Mandela_effect
This was (maybe still is) part of "reddiquette." Like the guidelines and case law here, it often found its way into subreddit rules and comments from moderators.
To me it's just like how, growing up in Canada, we all assumed we had Miranda rights because we watched American TV.