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Re:For Two Months, I Got My News from Print Newspapers by fenwick67 on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @01:04PM (#16538358)
People are probably downvoting you in part for your use of 'meme arrows'
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Re:For Two Months, I Got My News from Print Newspapers by to3m on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @01:33PM (#16538598)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_quoting! - or is the lack of separating space the distinguishing characteristic?

I like the fact that these two things share the same syntax.

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Re:For Two Months, I Got My News from Print Newspapers by fenwick67 on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @03:50PM (#16539754)
My point is, they didn't use it like a literal quote, they did the reddit style "> (faux summary of something)", which people on HN probably find grating.
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