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I generally don't recognize usernames and don't look at them too much
There's the guy who uses thorns (who I have tagged as Nigel þornberry)
There's maybe a half-dozen frequent posters who I'm genuinely not sure if they're masterful trolls, some kind of AI training bots, or just really need to go touch grass (preferably on their way to a therapist's office.)
There's one dude whose username just happened to stick out to me after having a random conversation or two with him and seeing him being a generally pretty decent dude around Lemmy, I tagged him "this guy seems cool" at some point, and at some point it occurred to me that he might appreciate knowing that, so I shot him a message, and sure enough he did. I now consider him to be a pretty good friend, which is a new experience for me, I've never really been one to have online friends, I (somehow) do pretty well at making friends in meatspace and have never really felt a need to seek out an online friendship.
There's a handful of people who have said some incredibly dumb shit that I've tagged (for example one dude who I tagged "Tankie, down vote and ignore" although the last few times I've seen him pop up it seems like he may have mellowed out a bit, so good for him)
I've the thorn guy tagged as "uses thorns" and am now shamed about my lack of creativity.
I had someone else tagged as "second guy to use thorns" but they're a lot less consistent about it.
Ah Nigel þornberry. I appreciate the dedication to thorns, but ended up writing a script which replaces thorns in their texts because they stand out too much.
Shout-out to "Nigel þornberry"
Made me laugh :D
Added the tag now 😂
Fully-qualified usernames:
That'd be @Sxan@piefed.zip.
þat is indeed þe guy
I also love how bent-out-of-shape people get over the thorns.
I haven't stalked his profile, but I feel like every time I've seen him come up he's also seemed like a pretty cool and reasonable dude (I suppose it's possible he's off being a dick in the parts of Lemmy I don't frequent, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt)
It's harmless but it's deliberately antisocial which rubs people the wrong way. They're going out of their way to make their comments harder to reader.
I've never had a bad interaction with them but I do think it's kind of obnoxious attention-seeking behavior
I have snarked him about it, myself. I have no objection to overtly affected personal expression (no hypocrite I). It's just that reading a thorn unexpectedly feels like stubbing my toe, but in my brain.
for me the bogus rationalizations took it from something I could cope with to something that actively irritates me. maybe that's part of the art.
Maybe. People usually have good reasons for doing things, to supplement the real reasons.
Sxan talks to me all the time and has always been great. I barely register the thorns now.
He's one of my favorites.
I’m also a Sxan fan