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Re:Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields bette... by FrankoDelMar on Saturday December 09, 2023 @03:31PM (#38585738)
I wonder if, thanks to Reddit’s karma economy, the usage of /s is some kind of learned behavior that acts as hedge against downvotes. Did people use /s as much or at all back in the days of forums or other platforms where the visibility of a person’s content didn’t correlate with upvotes?
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Re:Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields bette... by metabagel on Sunday December 10, 2023 @01:53AM (#38589687)
It’s no different than emojis. It’s there to bridge the gap between in-person spoken communication and written communication.

Some people hate emojis too.

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