No I assumed the link part was that, here’s a better link, but what did you make out of the “link to something less awful” part if not telling that I should link to something less awful in the future? I’m not sure how else to read it
If the intention was to just provide the link as they said the first part seems totally unnecessary, especially so since it can easily make the whole comment seem unnecessarily abrasive imo.
Idk, i always assume someone is commenting/responding to the thread, instead of directly to the author of the comment they are responding to.
I’ve read a fair share of the Squid’s posts and comments and feel like they would rather write it like “Please link to something” or “Can you link to something” if they would address you personally.
On the Internet, i’ve learned to not take anything personal from the get go. For my own sanity.
Edit: but i can see where you’re coming from. In a normal conversation - one on one, i would understand it differently.
I didn’t do it here, because i picture lemmy like a big room, with people sitting in groups around a topic and discussing. So i assume people are addressing the group, if not addressing someone specific in their comment.
Sorry for the amount of edits, this was the last one
It’s an interesting assumption, considering that we are talking to each other right now. At least I assume so. Usually in my experience people note that they’re not directly replying to someone because otherwise it does get very confusing.
Not that it matters, really. I’m more interesting about the em dash thing, that supposedly changed the meaning. I just don’t see how.
E: I just realized that them not directly addressing me, who posted the link to New York Post but everyone in the thread posting New York Post links doesn’t change the meaning, just the target. lol
No I assumed the link part was that, here’s a better link, but what did you make out of the “link to something less awful” part if not telling that I should link to something less awful in the future? I’m not sure how else to read it
If the intention was to just provide the link as they said the first part seems totally unnecessary, especially so since it can easily make the whole comment seem unnecessarily abrasive imo.
Idk, i always assume someone is commenting/responding to the thread, instead of directly to the author of the comment they are responding to.
I’ve read a fair share of the Squid’s posts and comments and feel like they would rather write it like “Please link to something” or “Can you link to something” if they would address you personally.
On the Internet, i’ve learned to not take anything personal from the get go. For my own sanity.
Edit: but i can see where you’re coming from. In a normal conversation - one on one, i would understand it differently.
I didn’t do it here, because i picture lemmy like a big room, with people sitting in groups around a topic and discussing. So i assume people are addressing the group, if not addressing someone specific in their comment.
Sorry for the amount of edits, this was the last one
It’s an interesting assumption, considering that we are talking to each other right now. At least I assume so. Usually in my experience people note that they’re not directly replying to someone because otherwise it does get very confusing.
Not that it matters, really. I’m more interesting about the em dash thing, that supposedly changed the meaning. I just don’t see how.
E: I just realized that them not directly addressing me, who posted the link to New York Post but everyone in the thread posting New York Post links doesn’t change the meaning, just the target. lol
The dash thingy is also new to me.