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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by dxdm on Thursday December 18, 2025 @05:24AM (#46310953)
> Honest question: was an LLM involved in writing this comment? The em-dash style stood out to me

The use of em dashes looks pretty natural to me. This is how they were used before LLMs, and what LLMs learned from.

Em dashes have a useful place in written language. I hope we will not lose their utility because people treat them as enough of a signal on their own to automatically question the authenticity of absolutely well-written pieces of text, without giving the matter any further consideration.

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by RobotToaster on Thursday December 18, 2025 @07:08AM (#46311687)
The reason em dashes raise suspicion isn't usually because of the lack of utility, it's because they're not easy to type.
Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by barnabee on Thursday December 18, 2025 @07:52AM (#46312043)
They're easy to type on macOS and iOS, which covers quite a large fraction of users