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tkgallytoday at 5:24 AM3 repliesview on HN

Somewhat related, the leaderboard of em-dash users on HN before ChatGPT:

https://www.gally.net/miscellaneous/hn-em-dash-user-leaderbo...


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maplethorpetoday at 5:49 AM

They should include users who used a double hyphen, too -- not everyone has easy access to em dashes.

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a5c11today at 8:05 AM

Apparently, it's not only em-dash that's distinctive. I've went through comments of the leader, and spot he also uses the backtick "’" instead of the apostrophe.

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lxgrtoday at 12:11 PM

Amazing! But no love for en dashes?