![[low stakes post] am i missing something or is this comm enforcing rules againstā¦ acronyms?](https://lemmy.cafe/pictrs/image/3ae3a4b4-fa8c-42e6-9190-75ecfa39329e.webp){kind=link}
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
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 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.