Why is the /s necessary here as well?

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.

Anticorp ,

People downvote reflexively here. Joke or no joke. S or no S. It's getting a downvote.

LagrangePoint ,

Because some people are so illiterate they can't understand context clues even in written form where you have FOREVER to think about it and they NEED that stupid letter S at the end in order to go "ooooooooh ok thank god someone told me it was a joke, I was unable to think for myself and recognize it on my own."

Don't use your "neurodivergence" as an excuse to rationalize why you shouldn't think about things, it's actually sickening to see people falling into that belief.

gandalf_der_12te ,
@gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

For every completely unhinged and stupid statement, there surely is someone who believes it.

Now, you see, if we didn't put /s behind these posts, it would be impossible to tell whether we're joking, or whether whoever writes the comment is actually that stupid. That's just how it is on the internet.

TempermentalAnomaly ,

I don't realize I'm being sarcastic until someone is offended. And then I tell them that I just figured out I was being sarcastic and they should have known before I knew. So now I preemptively put a /s at the end of every comment.

Edit: I forgot this /s

nickwitha_k ,

Tone indicators like /s and even smilies are great for text-based communication. It is extremely easy to misinterpret intent in text as there are no body language or auditory signals to provide context. As someone else stated already, use of tone indicators is good communication, making certain that one's intent is clearly defined. This is especially helpful for ESL and neurodivergent people who may have increased challenges in ascertaining implicit meaning in a statement or joke.

jwelch55 ,

I don't want to read shitty opinions, whether they're real or 'sarcastic'. If you write a shitty right-wing opinion, and suffix it with a /s, it still reads as a shitty right-wing opinion.

Resol ,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

Downvote me all you want, but for the life of me, I never understood what this meant. Even when reading your post, I'm still confused about it.

And don't get me started on all the other "letters that succeed a slash" that I have no idea what they mean.

I'm basically f***ing stupid.

Zangoose ,

They're all tone indicators, since you can't communicate voice tone over text.

/s stands for sarcasm, sometimes /srs is used for serious, I'm not too sure what the others stand for but those are the most frequently used from what I've seen

Resol ,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

Got it

gandalf_der_12te ,
@gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

/jk is "just kidding"

Wanderer ,

People are fucking stupid.

The only place Ive seen it not used and people understand sarcasm is on the British subreddits and on 4chan actually.

FerdinandSon ,

People here are fucking stupid.

Mostly yeah, it's full of power creep mods or guys with 57 accounts

SkyeStarfall ,

Tone indicators like /s are vital for neurodivergent people who struggle with understanding people's intentions, especially over text.

In addition, you probably underestimate the amount of miscommunication that happens over the internet due to strangers communicating with each other without any tone indicators at all.

sirico OP ,
@sirico@feddit.uk avatar

Yeah I definitely didn't consider that thanks

tobogganablaze ,

It is not. Just stop caring about fake internet points.

morphballganon ,

You're angry about people being good communicators?

sirico OP ,
@sirico@feddit.uk avatar

Not angry, as commented people have raised good points for it's use then the thread seems to have been nuked and so convo stopped which is a shame.

LanternEverywhere ,

THE /S IS ALWAYS NECESSARY

I don't know how anyone could live through the last decade and not see how important it is to denote when you're being sarcastic. "It ruins the joke" is preferable over it ruins society. Without the S idiots will read what you wrote and think there's people out there who actually support their idiotic ideas

finthechat ,
@finthechat@kbin.social avatar

When you're so insecure you have to boost yourself twice with your main account and an alt

LanternEverywhere ,

Bzzzt. Incorrect

DigitalDruid ,

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    finthechat ,
    @finthechat@kbin.social avatar

    On Kbin, in addition to up and downvotes, there is the Boost option, as seen in the picture.

    If you are looking at these comment threads on Kbin/Mbin, when a comment/post is 'boosted,' it is automatically moved up higher in the thread, similarly to if it had been upvoted a lot.

    Lemmy does not have Boosts, and so neither do any of the Lemmy clients on desktop/mobile.

    Lastly, on Kbin you can look at the 'Activity' on a post which lets you see who upvoted, who downvoted, and who Boosted, which is what is shown in the picture.

    I'm calling this guy out for being insecure and Boosting his own opinion to the top for visibility, despite the fact that he's just parroting an already popular opinion in this thread.

    Edit: also lol, he unboosted his post at the time of me writing this comment. But the picture captures the original tomfoolery. Also I checked his profile and that guy regularly Boosts his own comments, but I bet he removed a bunch of those by now too.

    LanternEverywhere , (edited )

    Dude you're grasping at straws. I'm sure you think you're a genius, but you're not. You're wrong about this, but nothing anyone says could ever convince you if it.

    petrol_sniff_king ,

    Dude, you're in the picture.

    LanternEverywhere ,

    Oh i absolutely boost my own comments because it's bizarre that it isn't done automatically like every other site with voting in existence does. What i don't do is use an alt account to boost it a second time

    petrol_sniff_king ,

    Why would kbin let you move your own comments visibility up? Is it like paid-for thing?

    finthechat ,
    @finthechat@kbin.social avatar

    Not a paid for thing, anyone can do it. As far as I can tell, it was just a feature Ernest (Mr Kbin Sir Guy Creator) programmed without much thought. So it's just a weird unique thing that Kbin can do.

    scrubbles ,
    @scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech avatar

    I'm telling you EWOKS ARE REAL, PEOPLE

    MedicPigBabySaver ,
    @MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world avatar

    I refuse to use. Fuck 'em.

    13esq ,

    No one's going to force you. Just don't REEEEE out when someone takes your super obvious sarcasm seriously.

    Kolanaki ,
    @Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

    Poe's Law

    Rentlar ,

    Idk I sometimes I write a comment thinking no one would take it seriously, but I read it and it's something a troll would try to put through as genuine. Lemmy is overall left leaning and a bit of a hivemind but has diverse perspectives and passionate voting so I need to put the s in those cases to be clear.

    In real life you set sarcasm with the tone of voice. The s marker is the prompt to read the comment back again in that voice.

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