The communityās sidebar doesnāt list a single rule so I donāt know how they expect to get users to fall in line if itās completely unspoken.
Anyway this is a rare case of a very tiny community where no one is getting hurt so itās not a huge deal. But if you plan on discussing news using any kind of acronym I guess donāt go there lmao.
Thoughts welcome! Am I missing something?
Yāknow, Iām someone who gets unreasonably annoyed when encountering an unfamiliar acronym, but even I think banning someone for using one is going too far.
That said, none of these acronyms are without enough context to figure out what they are. Everyone knows what LOL means. USAID is an acronym where the acronym describes what the organization does. CJR is present in a thread about Columbia Journalism Review.
As a general rule, if you define your Three Letter Acronyms (TLA), then theyāre no longer a barrier to understanding. And then you can use whatever TLA you like. See how easy that is?
Where they banned LOL and a reaction gif, if I had to guess the rule being violated would be about low-effort discussion. And again, I kind of sympathise with the desire to have meaningful discussion and I see where getting a message that just says ālolā could take the wind out of your sails. Banning is still overkill and alienating to your users though.
Thereās a certain amount of irony if you consider a rule against low-effort discussion in a community that was made with such low-effort that they didnāt define and publish their rules
Thereās a certain amount of irony if you consider a rule against low-effort discussion in a community that was made with such low-effort that they didnāt define and publish their rules
Also, the moderation action itself is low-effort. Apply critical thinking to clean up spam and enforce community rules while also encouraging discussion and user participation? No, just delete and banhammer anything even slightly nuancedā¦
People use lol to express discomfort lol not just to laugh
One rule for thee, while a different oneā¦
ā¦for acronyms?
Y E.S.
I cannot express how disturbing that semi-acronym is to my brain.
But you couldā¦ T.R.Y.? š¤Ŗ
D.O.D.N, T.I.N.T
I cannot express how disturbing that semi-acronym is to my brain.
I was gonna go with I.C.E.H.D.T.S.A.I.T.M.B.
Or maybe like D.O.N.T. D.E.A.D. O.P.E.N. I.N.S.I.D.E.:-)
That CJR story is a weird one. They locked the post and it only has one commentā¦
@qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org can you explain what your reasoning behind these actions are?
Incorrect on USAID. The acronym is meant to imply itās primarily focused on aid, but thatās an intentional mislead to deflect from their actual mission of espionage and regime change operations.
PTB. AFAIK, RTFM N/A. NGL, NIMBY! YMMV, TTYL.
Wtf? PTB! Fr.
Another day, another SDF story
Banned. Abbreviations: āSDFā https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/16626067
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Malicious compliance time. Define every acronym, regardless of whether or is in common usage or not. For recursive acronyms, just keep it going until you hit the comment character limit.
That would be painful for GNU (GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands for GNUās Not Unix, where the first part stands forā¦
You didnāt hit the character limitā¦
Define every acronym, but define them wrong (lmao is an abbreviation for Little Mao, indicating a person with an overdeveloped sense of power over a little, inconsequential item.)
I got a two week ban from it yesterday for abbreviating Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) the day before š¤· I was commenting on the posted CJR article.
What the fuck. I have a bone to pick against most usage of lol/lmao and yet not even I would ban people for using them.
PTB all the way, FFS.
[]They also banned someone for a reaction gif. An automod that they gave banning powers to, maybe?
Otherwise, seems to be PTB.
Banned. Abbreviations: āPTBā https://reddthat.com/comment/16543812
lol ā¦
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wait, ah fuck
[Banned]
There are some stories that āfuckā is an abbreviation, one that says itās short for āfile under carnal knowledgeā, a marking for crimes involving sex, and āfornication under consent of the kingā, from a time when reproduction was controlled by the crown.
Neither one is likely to be true, but it sounds possible. Either way, double banned.
Thatās a very strange rule ngl
ānglā is an abbreviation, any last words before the firing squad?
NGL? Banned for abbreviationā¦
ā¦wait a secondā¦ shit.
I mean, if in the context those posts were low-effort and didnāt contribute to the thread in any meaningful way, I could understand. Like sharing nothing but a reaction gif in a discussion heavy community could be seen as ālow effortā.
But common acronyms? Yeah, thatās definitely a strange thing.
Also, isnāt GIF itself an acronym? something-or-other Image Format?
Also, isnāt GIF itself an acronym? something-or-other Image Format?
It is! Jraphics Interchange Format.
I see what you did there.
Also, youāre pronouncing it wrong!
The Lemmy one is made out of jeans, so it applies.
No, youāre holding it wrong!
tbh i didnāt mean to leave in the reaction gif modlog entry that was a mistake on my end
Oh, I just mentioned it as a point of interest when discussing banning āacronymsā. Wasnāt meant to call you, the OP, out or anything. Just found it funny that mods would ban for acronyms, yet in the messages, use an acronym.
Whatās weird is I see a comment on that community using the acronym NYT, so Iām not sure this silly rule is even being applied evenly
Gif
Lol
Aids
Banned (expires in 300 years)
long ago the three nations lived together in harmony
Bizarreā¦
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Define ācommsā. Iāll stand by on the radio.
Subverting the meaning of words for some in-clique signaling is tangential, at best.
girl i put zero thought into using the word comm, i have no clue where i picked it up. your demand for an explanation is the real tangent if weāre being really honest. go make your own post.
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