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nozzlegearyesterday at 3:18 PM1 replyview on HN

Don't use quotes to make it seem like someone said something they didn't.


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sejjeyesterday at 3:28 PM

That's quite prevalent here and on Reddit.

Most famously, patio11 makes it a definitive part of his writing style.

I agree it's a terrible use of quotation marks, but it's a widely-used style I've been forced to accept.