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A Comment is not a Post

Katie Nelson on December 20, 2019

This post is for all the new people just joining the DEV community. It's about navigating your way through the neighborhood. Welcome to D...
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Ben Sinclair

I tend to use the unicorn if I learned something interesting from the post. I mean, it can be a great post, but cover stuff I'm familiar with - then I'll "heart" it.

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Katie Nelson

Wow! A comment from a Fab 5'er. I feel honored that you took the time to respond Ben. 😊 Thanks for your support.

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Reynaldo Josué Cano Bárcenas

Good post, im new here with scare of write something, but i hope that this fear disapear.

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Katie Nelson

Hey Reynaldo, pick a topic that you enjoy and write something about it. It doesn't have to be that long a post, just something you feel passionate about. Tell us what excites you about the topic you pick.

I look forward to reading your first post.

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nathanaeldsb • Edited

Thank you for this useful introduction. I would use the unicorn for a post that answer a question I have been researching for quite a long time or some piece of information that would make my coding easier and more effective. 😊

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Katie Nelson

Sounds like a good use for the mysterious unicorn. Thanks for your input Nathan.

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nathanaeldsb

Yes, that is what I thought when I first saw it! A unicorn is sth you have been looking for long and kind of loose hope and one day it just cross your road😅

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Daniel Hübner

Thanks Katie for this short introduction!

As for the hearts and unicorns: I like your suggestion on using them. This will be my first guideline when starting my dev-to journey and I will see where it will lead me to.

And giving feedback is really important. Any writer can only learn from the readers feedback.

Cheers and a happy new year 2020,
Daniel

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Katie Nelson

Happy New Year to you too Daniel. I look forward to seeing your first post.

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Mugtaba G

Great warm introduction, unofficial DEV cheerleader Katie :)

About the unicorn, I would think it represents a "hidden gem" of a post, something that you feel you've been looking for forever or that you think would help something click for everyone. Maybe it would help a post come out of obscurity, I dunno.

On a sidenote, it's kinda hard to casually drop normal emotes in these comments with the markdown changing it, lol. I'll have to revise the markdown support on Dev.

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Katie Nelson

Thanks Mugtaba

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Al-FAHAMI Toihir

Thanks Katie for this informative intro.
Very informative! Especially about this little unicorn down here.
As I am new here, I'll tend to heart it when it is great and unicorn it when I've gained new knowledge from it.
Well, I'm starting from this great intro that helped me from commenting five times the welcoming post.

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Katie Nelson

Now you can write your own post and see how many hearts and unicorns you can get!

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Katie Nelson

Are you sure? It should add it. Check your reading list (you might have to refresh the page to see it). For me, under the logo on the top left, press the icon that looks like a can (database symbol). There you should find a menu with a link to your list. If you press that Reading List icon from the post again, it should remove it from your list.

Hope this helps Krsiak.

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John Oerter

I've just been randomly clicking the unicorn for articles that I like, haha. I was curious what it was actually intended for. Thanks for the explanation, and the ideas on how to use it!

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Katie Nelson

Yup, sounds like we are in sync! Thanks for your input John.

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Katie Nelson

That's so nice of you Sina. Thank you for your support.

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Dan Silcox

Nice intro to the community :) like you, I tend to use the unicorn when the heart just won’t quite cut it!

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Katie Nelson

Another Fab 5'er! So happy you commented Dan. Thanks and Happy Holidays.

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Richard Schloss • Edited

A "unicorn" is a magical rare occurrence that provides the reader joy. I think if most people saw a unicorn in real life, they'd be social media-blasting the heck out of it.

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Katie Nelson

LOL! That's one way of interpreting it.
Sad part is that it would be true.

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Deepak Khatri

Very informative post, i don't have any idea about the unicorn emoji reaction but i felt your post deserve one 😊

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Katie Nelson

Glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully it will encourage you to begin posting here.

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John Elizondo

Thanks Katie, that was helpful!

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Guilherme de Jesus Santos

Great post! It brings courage for us to write and share knowledge.
Thank you

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Katie Nelson

I'm looking forward to seeing your first post Guilherme

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aCompiler

Hey Katie, Its really great post.

To be honest your title forces me to read your post. I really like it - "A Comment is not a Post".

Great Work.

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Katie Nelson

Glad you enjoyed it.

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myadvicelover

I am just new and ready to learn. Thank you for the intro

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Katie Nelson

You’re welcome.

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Juliet Oberding

I've never used a unicorn before so I am happy to do so today. Great post!

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Katie Nelson

Thanks Juliet, that’s awesome of you!

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M. Fauzilkamil Zainuddin

I'm new here. And I feel more like I'm home now where I can write my own post and learn more from each other within the same interest. Thank you for sharing. 😘

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Katie Nelson

We are all here for you. That’s what makes this such an awesome community.

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Anna Wijetunga

Thanks so much for this, Katie! Such a nice intro and a warm welcome!

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Roger Searjeant

The only reason I didn't post my Welcome thread comment twice was because I managed to find your post first! This was useful, thanks.

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Katie Nelson

Thanks Roger. Glad I could help.

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George Rose

Thank you for the introduction! First time for me using Dev.

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Wusitha

Thank you Katie for this awesome introduction.

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Katie Nelson

I hope it encourages you to start posting your own experiences.

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jack丁

hi kaidi i love you

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Katie Nelson

Hi but not appropriate here