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submitted 1 year ago by chrizbie@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Now that a lot of the commotion has subsided I'm just curious to know how y'all are finding the Lemmy experience in general and whether you use it regularly like you did reddit?

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[-] DrQuint@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It's their way of saying "low quality", usually thrown at things they deem forced by a marketing team. Always gave me some anti-semitic vibes when I used to see it used in context but I'm not sure why off the top of my head.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 year ago

It's absolutely not a 4chan thing, "slop" has been used for aaaaaaaages.

I'd say it's just an american thing, possibly specifically new york? idk

[-] scavenger_crab@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This might be why. I hate that I’ve seen this stuff before.

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

That's gross (thank you for sharing the link, I haven't heard of that one) but it is 100% not what hexbears mean as they refer to their own forum posts as "slop". They just mean low effort "content" in the more generic English slang sense.

[-] scavenger_crab@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Yes you’re right (though I am not familiar with hexbear). The chan slang was just derived from the standard slang and once you learn about them it can taint your interpretation of it because dogwhistles can sometimes be subtle.

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