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A Much Needed Etiquette for Sharing Hacker News Links

by cjrd on 5/7/18, 2:49 PM with 1 comments

  • by davegauer on 5/7/18, 3:16 PM

    The point being made is very strong. The person sending an article SHOULD be obliged to send their own additional thoughts along with a link!

    Sadly, non-technical people simply WILL NOT attempt to understand what they're reading. So the real question is not the etiquette of the sender but of the receiver: do you HAVE to summarize and explain the content to the person who sent it to you?

    I think the title of the article would be stronger if it were more generalized since this happens to ANYONE with a well-known area of expertise such as mathematicians, scientists, fans of book series, beekeepers, etc. I can't even imagine what nutrition experts have to put up with from friends and family. :-)