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The punctuation in "Meta: shut down [...]" implies that meta is saying "shut down". It should be a comma, as in "Meta, shut down your [...]".

• fastball 1y ago
  Should probably be: "Dear Meta: ..."
• Izkata 1y ago
  Colon was how you'd get someone's attention in old chat apps. For example IRC clients that tab-complete nicknames would automatically add it if the input started with the nickname.
  • dmos62 1y ago
    Interesting point. Then today it could be "@Meta shut [...]".
    • gs17 1y ago
      Of course, but then it reads like Meta shut down my invasive AI Discover Feed if I didn't realize what the @ meant. Really, the best solution is a comma after Meta instead of a colon, so it's clearly a command at Meta, like you said.
• woah 1y ago
  Meta: Shut down. You're invasive. (AI Discover feed)