Re:Show HN: Tolaria – open-source macOS app to manage Markdo...
by CrompyBlompers on Saturday April 25, 2026 @01:13PM
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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.
Re:Show HN: Tolaria – open-source macOS app to manage Markdo...
by tarr1124 on Sunday April 26, 2026 @06:29AM
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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.
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.