• Honytawk@feddit.nl
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    3 days ago

    Couldn’t they just merge posts if they were duplicates and avoid the whole toxic environment?

    I’m sure they could have coded it like that.

    • asret@lemmy.zip
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      3 days ago

      Merge what though? A question that’s already been asked and what are likely low-quality answers already present on the existing question?

      It’s supposed to act as a gentle reprimand and point them to the correct behaviour. Pretty much the same way it works anywhere else if you walk in and disrespect a space.