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What are the bad patterns of Reddit to never repeat on Lemmy? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, "this" comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't agree, /s is immensely useful for neurodivergent people, some of which cannot recognize sarcasm at all.

Also, really often something that is "obvious sarcasm" for you is a genuinely held belief by someone online. Nothing is too ridiculous for the internet

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe internet forums aren't the best place for people that can't recognize context.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Just because you don't care about certain groups of people who are not actively damaging for the world, that doesn't mean that they should be excluded from here.