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2 days ago
- #community-guidelines
- #content-submission
- #discussion-etiquette
- Submit content that gratifies intellectual curiosity.
- Avoid off-topic posts like politics, crime, sports, or celebrities unless they show new phenomena.
- Use original titles without uppercase, exclamation points, or promotional language.
- Submit original sources and avoid editorializing titles.
- Warn about videos or PDFs by appending [video] or [pdf] to the title.
- Do not use HN primarily for promotion.
- Be kind and thoughtful in comments; avoid snark and flamebait.
- Disagree respectfully and respond to arguments, not individuals.
- Avoid political or ideological battles in discussions.
- Do not create throwaway accounts routinely; maintain a consistent identity.
- Use *asterisks* for emphasis instead of uppercase.
- Flag egregious comments instead of replying to them.
- Avoid complaining about tangential annoyances or voting patterns.