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a4ismstoday at 4:33 PM1 replyview on HN

I worked for GitHub for a time. There was a cultural abhorrence of the diaeresis, it was considered reader-hostile and elitist. I refused to coöperate with that edict internally, although I grant that every company has the right to micro-manage communications with the public.


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relaxingtoday at 5:18 PM

It is reader hostile and elitist.

Is there any good argument in favor of it, or any other house style quirks for that matter, other than in-group signaling?

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