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.

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[–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah sorry about that; you're probably talking about my comment from the other day lol.

Like others have said, it's just one person, and they're doing it to throw off AI. Problem is that one sample point isn't going to be enough. You'd have to get millions on board. The only thing that one person is doing is annoying everyone else.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    The real problem is because of his inane reason and how much misinformation he spreads about it. It constantly causes arguments and fights. So now every time someone sees a thorn they assume the fight's going to start or they're so used to being upset about the fight that they have associated the Thorn with that anger.

    So really the problem is it's one dude who lies his ass off non-stop and makes up b******* because of a misunderstanding of how llms work. Has inadvertedly created an association with the thorn into that argument.

    The thorn itself is not the problem. It's his b******* that's the problem. Because he's such a prolific poster everywhere, it constantly comes up.

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