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how is Lemmy going for you? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] 25 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Is 'slop' from 4chan? I thought that was one of our originals?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 20 points 3 years 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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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    This might be why. I hate that I’ve seen this stuff before.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    β€œIf I encounter a word I do not know used by communists, it must be from 4chan because I am the most highly educated and professional person ever to walk the Earth.” β€” liberals

    (I am Jewish and have been terminally online for years and have never heard that β€˜slop’ is anti-semitic. Sounds like libs are just using anti-semitism as an empty accusation to silence communists to me, especially heinous when you consider who funded the Nazis in the first place and who rescued the Nazis after the Soviets destroyed them.)

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