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Reddit's New 'Premium Moderation' Lets Users Pay to Appeal Post Removals (isglitch.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

... in what sense?

Everyone going 'oops, almost got me!' means they suck at satire. If you have to be told it's bullshit, then it's not satire, it's just bullshit. It's comedically-phrased lying. Satire has to go beyond the realm of plausibility. This? This is wholly believable.

And that's at least half of these AI-scented IsGlitch submissions. The response to a punchline should not be "... oh, they're not serious." It is supposed to punch.