A Boring Dystopia

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The state of the discourse. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by STRIKINGdebate2 to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] CosmicCleric 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wish there was common nomenclature for referring to posters or parts of a comment to make the context clearer.

For comments, that's how I do it.

Throw one, too, or three asterisks around each side of the sentence you want to highlight.

No need for special verbage or nomenclature. It's done visually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I think what I dislike about that is it breaks up the flow of whatever I am writing. There's a coherence that is lost.

I'm accustomed to reading books or essays where there might be an excerpt, but more likely a paraphrase of what the author considers their opponent's argument to be. This makes it helpful at times to pinpoint a misunderstanding in the author.

But yeah, having consistent rules on the internet for posting is a losing battle I think. More or less thinking out loud, appreciate the comment.

[–] CosmicCleric 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I think what I dislike about that is it breaks up the flow of whatever I am writing.

No, It doesn't have to.

You can just write it out straight, without formatting, and then after you're done that go back and add the asterisks to emphasize the parts that you want to emphasize, already having your thoughts jotted down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fair, this might be a stylistic thing. I'll def try and see how it goes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There should be a distinction between the OP of the thread and the OP of the comment imo. It can get confusing.

[–] CosmicCleric 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There should be a distinction between the OP of the thread and the OP of the comment imo.

OPT and OPC?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something like that, yeah. Is that a thing already or did you just come up with it?

[–] CosmicCleric 1 points 1 year ago

Is that a thing already or did you just come up with it?

Unless I accidentally reinvented them, those came from me.