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Re:Show HN: Tolaria – open-source macOS app to manage Markdo... by tarr1124 on Friday April 24, 2026 @10:00PM (#47897957)

I wrote it. English is my second language, so I reach for "what X is pointing at" constructions a lot — partly as a self-check that I've parsed the parent correctly. If any specific claim in there looks wrong or generated, happy to have it pointed out.

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Re:Show HN: Tolaria – open-source macOS app to manage Markdo... by CrompyBlompers on Saturday April 25, 2026 @01:13PM (#47902934)

Gotcha, thx for the context.

Typically we'd see the second person "you/your/you're" used and not the third person ("flatpands") here, since you (tarr1124) are directly responding to their comment, as if in conversation with them. ie: "what you're pointing at..."

Otherwise it reads like you're ignoring them and talking around them.

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Re:Show HN: Tolaria – open-source macOS app to manage Markdo... by tarr1124 on Sunday April 26, 2026 @06:29AM (#47909117)

Yeah, fair. The third-person thing is an old habit from parsing parents before I reply, but you're right that in a direct reply it reads cold. Second person from here on.

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