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.

  • norimee@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Adding the /s is also about accessibility and inclusion since written sarcasm is much harder to read and especially difficult for neurodiverse people.

    I can imagine that the percentage of ND reddit and lemmy user are higher than in the general population.

    So by refusing to use /s you are actually cutting a big part of lemmy users out of the conversation.

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        2 months ago

        Sorry, I didn’t see this post is 4 months old. I don’t know why it showed up in my feed…

        Anyways, good on you to take this information into account and changing things.

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          2 months ago

          I don’t think there’s anything wrong with posting on an older thread, your comment had good info