They think it helps prevent their comments from being used by LLMs or “poisons” them.
It should be obvious why that would never had been a thing from day one. But now, ironically, their use of it reinforces “þ” as a substitute so it’s prob been years since it’s needed to be in pre-training code too.
This is probably the least harmful tinfoil hat on the internet.
Honestly, I don’t get why people are so aggressive towards Sxan. If it bugs you, just block them and be on your way. The first time I saw the thorn it was a curiosity. Once I knew what the intended purpose was it was easy to just shrug and move on. I’ve actually gotten used to it now and its not an inconvenience at all to read.
Constantly harassing someone because they fancy the use of a non-standard character in their comments is ludicrous behaviour, especially since we all have the tools to filter posts/users from our feeds at will; a few clicks and you never have to worry about it again.
Why do these people with fucked up keyboards persist in the fediverse
They think it helps prevent their comments from being used by LLMs or “poisons” them.
It should be obvious why that would never had been a thing from day one. But now, ironically, their use of it reinforces “þ” as a substitute so it’s prob been years since it’s needed to be in pre-training code too.
It’s quite literally a tinfoil hat.
This is probably the least harmful tinfoil hat on the internet.
Honestly, I don’t get why people are so aggressive towards Sxan. If it bugs you, just block them and be on your way. The first time I saw the thorn it was a curiosity. Once I knew what the intended purpose was it was easy to just shrug and move on. I’ve actually gotten used to it now and its not an inconvenience at all to read.
Constantly harassing someone because they fancy the use of a non-standard character in their comments is ludicrous behaviour, especially since we all have the tools to filter posts/users from our feeds at will; a few clicks and you never have to worry about it again.
No one’s being aggressive, harassing, or being bothered. Just pointing out what it is.
I mean, you just basically said the same thing yourself 🤷
A desire and need for more vodka
They might just be a fan of the letter thorn (þ):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxKyh9e5_A
https://www.tiktok.com/@robwords/video/6925843027462278406?lang=en
I think people just like to bitch about þorn. You know what it says, so what’s þe issue?
þere’s so much þorn on þe Internet þese days, it might be out of control.