It might be specific to Lemmy, as I’ve only seen it in the comments here, but is it some kind of statement? It can’t possibly be easier than just writing “th”? And in many comments I see “th” and “þ” being used interchangeably.

  • Jerkface (any/all)
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    Two week old change. Rather pointed.

    Source code availability only partially addresses !lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org’s concerns. I think this filter is funny but I think it’s muuuuuuch bigger dick move than adopting an affectation in some lemmy comments, and it doesn’t reflect well on PieFed. I’m not going to review all the code in the project, I’m just going to pay less attention to the project overall.

    Edit: Oh look, you are that person!

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      1 month ago

      So the entire platform has code specifically to spite that one person? Talk about being a whiny sore reddity loser. It’s a shame that conduct like this can stain piefed’s name.

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        Why spite?

        People consider something a problem and this fixes the problem. The person can continue writing whatever characters make them happy and the others won’t need to worry about their text being cumbersome to read.

        It’s a much more a usability improvement than something done out of spite. I would say the assumption about spite stems from your outlook to the world.

        • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org
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          4 days ago

          No, it replaces thorns (or whatever character) for everyone, as it is built-in into the platform. It would also mean it replaces valid uses of thorn (or whatever character). Such as in quotations, math formulas and the like.

          It’s literally just spite. There is no other reason. And you as a user may not know what about what you speak is being censored this way until ex post facto.

          I would say the assumption about spite stems from your outlook to the world.

          It speaks of my worldview yes. I see spite, I should be able to call it as such.

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            4 days ago

            Dunno. I’m using PieFed and this is how this discussion’s þ-characters look on my screen:

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            I’m pretty much okay with this :)

            EDIT: Then again, in that comment of my own, I wrote the thorn character, but it shows as th to me. Confusing :)