One of my most hated things in the dying days of Reddit is people having to put the /s because of all the mass down voting from users that didn’t get a post was a joke.

When I came here it seemed that wasn’t the case but I’ve noticed over the last month a lot of users using it or having -28 points for an off the cuff comment.

I might be just be a bit too bothered by the need to use it.

  • all-knight-party@kbin.run
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    6 months ago

    It’s not really the downvoting that’s the whole reason, I also want people to understand and enjoy the joke. If I make a joke, and I knowingly leave an /s off, then I’m accepting that part of the audience won’t get it, and if I’m just trying to be a dick about it and the only person intended to laugh is me, then okay, but I like to make other people laugh and be happy, so /s it is.

    It’s clumsy, sure, but I’d rather be clumsy than come across as an ass or not make any sense.

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      6 months ago

      did you not see the /s?

      do we need an indicator for meta sarcasm too? how deep can this really go?

      aslo /s doesn’t fix not making sense. I’m kind of an expert on that one.