That doesn’t mean what everyone is familiar with it. For example I’ve been around since internet slang first developed a life of its own. And yet I wasn’t immediately familiar with SJW either.
By the time you commented you could have at least searched for the acronym or asked AI.
I wasn’t the one who asked.
But even if I were, you’re not accounting for the cumulative benefit saving others from having to research the same acronym.
Let’s get real, they can search. HN doesn’t have a repo of acronyms and this isn’t a technical document where you need to spell out the acronym on first use
In 2025, most online users have learned how to look things up using.. the internet.
Of course, but if everyone does it, it is very inconvenient to read and in some case leaves unnecessary space for misunderstanding. Usually, acronyms are followed by the full wording the first time they are mentioned.
> Usually, acronyms are followed by the full wording the first time they are mentioned.
I'm sure they did at the time this (SJW) acronym got popular. That was maybe 10-15 years ago.
SWJ wasn’t a popular acronym 10 years (let alone 15) ago in the online communities I hung around in. ;)