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446 points tonmoy | 3 comments | 24 Aug 23 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.706s | source
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nailer ◴[24 Aug 23 18:00 UTC] No.37252399[source]▶
> Please submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter.

This means whenever Microsoft announce something or someone writes about something on Twitter, submit that instead of theverge.com.

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1. minimaxir ◴[24 Aug 23 18:56 UTC] No.37253073[source]▶
This is a weird gray area where although Twitter/X is the canonical source for many announcements, users don't upvote them unless it's from a more respected domain. (and often with a more informative title)
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2. callalex ◴[24 Aug 23 21:09 UTC] No.37254582[source]▶
It’s not about respect for the domain, it’s the fact that the website is outright broken and I cannot view the content that was linked to.
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3. minimaxir ◴[24 Aug 23 21:14 UTC] No.37254626[source]▶
It was the case well before Elon acquired it.