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Rule request: Sarcasm/bit clarification (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Egon@hexbear.net to c/hexbear@hexbear.net
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Hey! I sometimes have a hard time parsing tone over text. It seems to me others do as well, since I've seen a bunch of people commenting on the levels of irony on hexbear.

While we're all supportive of tone clarifiers, we don't want to use /s because that would turn this instance into Reddit. I sometimes think that sentiment is silly, but I can see where it's coming from and in general I agree with it.

I would however like to ask that we implement a rule so that the question "is this a bit/are you being sarcastic?" Has to be answered with honesty, if the person asked answers. Like you don't have to answer, but if you do you have to be honest.

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[–] Egon@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If this rule were in effect, then no. You would have to give a clear and obvious answer to the question, if you responded to it.

[–] Freeanotherday@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ya that's why I added side-eye-1.

[–] nocages@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's important to remember that not everybody knows what the hundreds of meme images used here mean.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I understood, but that would make the answer unclear, so that's why I said that no such an answer would not be acceptable.
I get what you are communicating, but if the purpose is to make it easy for a user having issues to parse tone over text, then that would not work, since they would still be in doubt.