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by quesera 4364 days ago
The hyphen-with-spaces is a poor substitute for an em dash (— -- if HN supported HTML entities).

Where emdashes are non-operational, I prefer a pair of hyphens surrounded by spaces -- which at least looks more like an em dash.

Your comment is meta, but not inappropriate or abrasive. Civil commentary regarding common misusage has value, and I hope your comment will emerge from the grey.