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mke@programming.dev 1 day ago— vintermann, Hacker News
I don’t know who this person is, but adding “Hacker News” doesn’t give their words more credibility. It gives them less, if anything.
Imagine quoted someone and, underneath it, added:
— PM_ME_UR_FEET, Reddit
Both of these enjoy the same level of base, intrinsic trust to me: none.
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 22 hours ago
I’m not citing the author to add credibility, just to give credit.
mke@programming.dev 22 hours ago
And I’m saying you’re better off without. That sentence is ridiculous enough already, it doesn’t need the source to make it worse. But good on you for worrying about credit, do as you will.
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 21 hours ago
What is ridiculous about it?