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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    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.

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      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

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      1 year ago

      I don’t believe there is any 4chan connection - instead slop is used in the sense of

      sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.

      Synonyms: hogwash, swill

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        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.

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          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.