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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"You" doesn't mean I'm talking to the bot, I'm using it as a general descriptor for a person. I could have said "I understand being cautious with one's statements", but that's very formal and unnecessary in a comment on a social media website. I can easily imagine you reading a sentence like "You need to study really hard to get to Harvard" and think someone is talking to you personally instead of making a general statement.

Communication is a cooperative process, interpreting what others say maliciously and automatically assuming they made a mistake is the definition of "bad faith engagement".

Edit: to clarify even further: since I commented on the text of the article, I'm replying to the summary. Maybe that's the part you're confused by.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

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