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[–] _different_username 44 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Works that cannot be recovered by readers are cited in the text as personal communications. Personal communications include emails, text messages, online chats or direct messages, personal interviews, telephone conversations, live speeches, nonarchived social media livestreams (e.g., Instagram Live, Twitter Spaces), unrecorded webinars, unrecorded classroom lectures, memos, letters, messages from nonarchived discussion groups or online bulletin boards, and so on.

[–] barsquid 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is so cool but I guess there needs to be an entity to attribute it to? Like (Biblically Accurate Angel, personal communication, May 29, 2024).

[–] _different_username 6 points 6 months ago

Divine inspiration was a perfectly acceptable source of knowledge to the ancients.