## [META]What is the TIP tag?

* Author: u/Riddle-Tom_Riddle *
* URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/1wvr9w/metawhat_is_the_tip_tag/
* Score: 6

* Created: 2014-02-03T09:26:56

### Post:

I've seen it on a few posts, but am currently unable to figure out what it means. It's also [not in the sidebar.](http://puu.sh/6Im5E.png)

### Comments:

> **u/None** [+4]  (52 minutes later)
> 
> I believe its for sharing tips that help you become better at writing rationalist!fiction.

>> **u/Riddle-Tom_Riddle** [+1]  (13 hours later)
>> 
>> Okay, thanks!
>> 
>> /thread

> **u/lehyde** [+2]  *Nudist Beach* (3 hours later)
> 
> /u/Yxoque gave the right answer but the tag seems to have been replaced by [D]. Don't know when this happened.

>> **u/AmeteurOpinions** [+1]  *Finally, everyone was working together.* (4 hours later)
>> 
>> I think TIP is more a "Hey this is interesting" while D is "This is interesting and I want to talk about it for a while".

>>> **u/lehyde** [+2]  *Nudist Beach* (8 hours later)
>>> 
>>> So [D] is like an extension of [TIP]?

>>>> **u/AmeteurOpinions** [+1]  *Finally, everyone was working together.* (8 hours later)
>>>> 
>>>> Something like that.

>>>>> **u/hellokitta** [-1]  (9 hours later)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Wouldn't it be more correct to say that [TIP] is like an extension of the [D]?

>>>>>> **u/diraniola** [+1]  (14 days later)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [TIP] seems to mean that you have figured something out and want to pass it on to the community at large. [D] means that you may have figured something out and want to submit it to peer review.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The way I see it. [D] and [TIP] are the same thing, except that [TIP] assumes itself to be true.

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