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Several factors: 1. Em dashes are common use in the Queens English 2. People with dyslexia and dysgraphia can more easily interact online 3. People who speak
by dalemhurley 8mo ago
Several factors:
1. Em dashes are common use in the Queens English
2. People with dyslexia and dysgraphia can more easily interact online
3. People who speak a primary language other than English can more easily interact online
The last 2 options mean people who previously would have been more reluctant to participate now have less of a barrier.
So while there may be AI generated content, we should just assume it is all negative.
- marginalia_nu 8mo agoI don't think this explains why new accounts use EM-dashes with a 10x higher prevalence than the baseline established by baseline. I also don't think the first point is correct at all.