I think most people who use it are just scared from the uneducated downvotes/ backlash and I think it just ruins the sarcasm.

I started to avoid using it on other social media as it seems kind of dumb.

My opinion for it on Lemmy is mostly the same but it might work better here if Lemmy had a sarcasm tag instead(the same way NSFW tag work)of /s to signal the sarcasm instead.

  • PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.comEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Oh really?! Tone isn’t conveyed in text and you can’t detect literal sarcasm unless it’s broadcast like a beacon from someone’s warped piehole? Like a ship at sea in the calmest waters, you can’t find your way home without a lighthouse?

    • burgersc12@mander.xyzEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Yeah, if you give a fuck about your tone. Most people when commenting are going as quick as possible and aren’t going to use fucking markdown to make their text a little squiggly