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What's up with the slash s in many people's comments lately ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A new hype ? Or are these sed (streaming editor) users in disguise ?

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[–] breadsmasher 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

/s stands for sarcasm. indicates the user is being sarcastic

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

t y

[–] morphballganon 2 points 5 months ago

It's not a recent thing, been around since the 90s at least

[–] thelasttoot 1 points 5 months ago

/s stands for serious. Indicates the user being serious.

[–] rockSlayer 5 points 5 months ago

"/s" means the person is being sarcastic, but there's also a name for this kind of thing: tone indicators. There are several tone indicators out there, all are meant to carry the meaning of the text. If I'm being honest, some tone indicators don't need to exist because they reintroduce confusion for people that need them for the full context.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

tone indicators, you can Google them as there are a bunch. Do keep in mind tho: different communities sometimes user different sets of tone indicators /g

/g -> genuine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow I only knew about the /s.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Glad to be able to help!