This resonates hard. I know we're deep in the meta weeds here, but I find this constant demand for sources (and the always-accompanying derail about the quality of those provided) to be one of the worst issues about this site.
HN is not an academic paper, a Wikipedia article, a matter of journalism, a speech&debate exhibition or anything other than an informal discussion on the internet. In such discussions, people are allowed to quote from memory and personal experience, speculate, and occasionally be wrong... and I find the pressure to not do this to be not just a little disrespectful and dehumanizing. If people want all comments cited to ACM standards, there won't be any comments.
HN is not an academic paper, a Wikipedia article, a matter of journalism, a speech&debate exhibition or anything other than an informal discussion on the internet. In such discussions, people are allowed to quote from memory and personal experience, speculate, and occasionally be wrong... and I find the pressure to not do this to be not just a little disrespectful and dehumanizing. If people want all comments cited to ACM standards, there won't be any comments.