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Re:Ex-Reddit CEO on Twitter moderation by Akronymus on Thursday November 03, 2022 @09:39AM (#33450771)
Why are you adding () after "like"? Havent seen that convention before, so I am unaware of the meaning.
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Re:Ex-Reddit CEO on Twitter moderation by KMnO4 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @09:51AM (#33450947)
There may have been an emoji or Unicode character between the parens that was stripped by HN.
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Re:Ex-Reddit CEO on Twitter moderation by Akronymus on Thursday November 03, 2022 @10:15AM (#33451331)
That does make quite a lot of sense.
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Re:Ex-Reddit CEO on Twitter moderation by nfin on Thursday November 10, 2022 @09:43AM (#33547143)
correct, it was a "thumbs up" emoji
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Re:Ex-Reddit CEO on Twitter moderation by darrenf on Thursday November 03, 2022 @09:52AM (#33450965)
I was assuming there's a trademark symbol ™ that had been stripped by HN. But since I've managed to post one, I'm apparently wrong!
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