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Re:Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium by thedaemon on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:18PM (#21828242)
One must know what "astroturfing, shiling, brigading" are to follow that rule. As such, astroturfing is the labor in putting fake grass down. Shiling, I'm guessing is giving the money item, a shilling, to someone. Brigading, I guess is starting a brigade. My point is that making up, or using new words(not in the dictionary) and using them in a guideline without defining them, nullifies the rule to most of the populous. Also, dang is super responsive to HN comments that he finds incongruent with the rules. He'll be here shortly to chastise OP and me.
Re:Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium by kick on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:25PM (#21828316)
Astroturfing in the most famous English dictionary:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astroturfing

Brigading in the most famous English dictionary (see definition 2):

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brigading

Re:Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium by NeedMoreTea on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:29PM (#21828373)
Oxford English Dictionaries might like a word about your fame assertion... :)
Re:Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium by dmos62 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @03:45PM (#21829246)
Merriam-Webster is a popular a publisher of American-English dictionaries: emphasis on American. It also had a significant role in shaping American-English as distinct from British-English. E.g. removal of the letter u in British-English words like colour. Or, the unsuccessful campaign to spell the word acre as aker.
Re:Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium by kick on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @07:28PM (#21830946)
That's false. Webster is the dictionary that had a role in shaping American English in a distinct fashion. The quality of the work deteriorated when the Merriam brothers purchased it, and they changed the title from Webster's by the time they had begun compromising the value of English reform.
Re:Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium by dmos62 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @07:01AM (#21834120)
You're right. I thought it was Webster that acquired Meriams' company.
Re:Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium by toyg on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @06:58PM (#21830773)