Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by fragmede 1700 days ago
It's for emphasis. You might see this stylized as with the hand clap emoji between words in other contexts. HN isn't advanced though to support emoji, however.
1 comments
brigandish 1700 days ago
Use asterisks, it's very effective. (I think)

Or should that be, I think?

link