As a moderator, I thought Lukasâs comment was fine.
I read it as a humorous version of âthis doesnât sound like something someone would say in those wordsâ, or âI cast doubt on this being the actual thing someone said, because people generally donât make threats that are this obvious/âopenâ.
Reading between the lines, I saw the comment as âapproaching a disagreement with curiosityâ by implying a request for clarification or specification (âwhat did you actually hear someone sayâ?). Others seem to have read the same implication, though Lukas could have been clearer in the first place and I could be too charitable in my reading.
Compared to this comment, I thought Lukasâs added something to the conversation (though the humor perhaps hurt more than helped).
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On a meta level, I upvoted Davidâs comment because I appreciate people flagging things for potential moderation, though I wish more people would use the Report button attached to all comments and posts (which notifies all mods automatically, so we donât miss things):
As a moderator, I thought Lukasâs comment was fine.
I read it as a humorous version of âthis doesnât sound like something someone would say in those wordsâ, or âI cast doubt on this being the actual thing someone said, because people generally donât make threats that are this obvious/âopenâ.
Reading between the lines, I saw the comment as âapproaching a disagreement with curiosityâ by implying a request for clarification or specification (âwhat did you actually hear someone sayâ?). Others seem to have read the same implication, though Lukas could have been clearer in the first place and I could be too charitable in my reading.
Compared to this comment, I thought Lukasâs added something to the conversation (though the humor perhaps hurt more than helped).
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On a meta level, I upvoted Davidâs comment because I appreciate people flagging things for potential moderation, though I wish more people would use the Report button attached to all comments and posts (which notifies all mods automatically, so we donât miss things):