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Re:Why social media design makes it hard to have constructiv... by readflaggedcomm on Friday July 16, 2021 @12:54PM (#27858276)
The author could have used a comma if she meant that...
Re:Why social media design makes it hard to have constructiv... by jjk166 on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:32PM (#27860882)
The lack of an "and" between "delete inflammatory content" and "block users" unambiguously makes it a list of three items. The oxford comma, while useful, is not necessary here.
Re:Why social media design makes it hard to have constructiv... by readflaggedcomm on Saturday July 17, 2021 @01:53AM (#27863795)
So you're saying the obvious interpretation of the text is impossible to render because you insert grouping breaks where you please? I reject that.
Re:Why social media design makes it hard to have constructiv... by jjk166 on Saturday July 17, 2021 @11:09AM (#27866308)
According to your "obvious" interpretation, the sentence is:

"We found that people like some features that are already present in social media, like the ability to delete inflammatory content, block users who do X."

Does that sound like a grammatically correct complete sentence?