• JonsJava@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    This post has been reported. The reason given:

    Engagement bait

    I mean, if you feel people shouldn’t be posting engaging content…

    Leaving it up.

    EDIT: people keep complaining. There’s no rule against this, and the meme stands on its own without the line though the word.

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      10 hours ago

      It’s pretty obvious the report is due to the badly censored word. That’s specifically done as engagement bait. And saying “that’s how I found it” isn’t an acceptable reason, anyone could very easily edit it out in a few seconds (Not that anyone did, just showing that there is absolutely no reason to post it with the engagement bait).

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        10 hours ago

        Just ignore it. If it works then we’re too stupid for it to matter anyway.

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      14 hours ago

      Thank you for taking the time to respond. I guess I could have been more clear: this trend of half-assedly crossing out normal words is a clear manipulation tactic to increase the comment count of a post and boost engagement because people inevitably call out the bullshit in the comments section. It dilutes the discussion and becomes very tedious when it happens so often.