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		FuzzyDunlop on Aug 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Beware cutesy two-letter TLDs for your domain name As a complete aside, is 'discuss this on Hacker News' a new offshoot social network link to pin to your tech blog? If you're writing an HN-centric post, it surely stands to reason it should be an Ask-HN article, right?

stickfigure on Aug 20, 2012 [–]

"Ask HN" means no links, no images, no formatting. Good for a quick question, bad for exposition.

I think the "Discuss this on Hacker News" phenomenon reflects that while HN is a great community and discussion forum, it's a terrible publishing medium. Probably by design.

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