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by babyboy808 5744 days ago
Why are there alot of people not using the ASK HN or Tell HN: anymore?
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RyanGWU82 5744 days ago
Nearly everyone does use the "Ask HN" prefix. Based on http://news.ycombinator.com/ask, 87% of all self-posts start with "Ask HN" or something similar. And the prefix's use is trending upward over time.

More to the point, why does it matter?

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evo_9 5744 days ago
New users really have no idea that is the typical protocol on HN; I know it took me a week or two to notice things like that and then dig up the posting guidelines.

Might be worth having a quick FAQ show up when a user creates a new account to cover the basics like this.

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mrspeaker 5744 days ago
Ooops. Yeah, I went looking for a FAQ - but I figured it must automatically add the "Ask HN" when there was no URL. Sorry!
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Tichy 5744 days ago
I think it is implicit by the item not having an attached URL.
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