=====Tone Indicators=====
Discovered 20201210.

It's tough to convey the tone of a message in just text.  Facial expressions and the way words are voiced cannot be convey just by the words.  This is discussed in [[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/style/tone-indicators-online.html|NYT article 12/9/2020]] and smi has summarized some of them here.

^Tone Indicator^Meaning^
|''/c''|Copypasta(akin to spam)|
|''/cb''|Clickbait|
|''/f''|Fake|
|''/gen'' or ''/g''|Genuine [question]|
|''/hj''|Half-jokingly|
|''/hyp''|Hyperbole|
|''/ij''|Inside Joke|
|''/j''|Joking|
|''/lh''|Lighthearted|
|''/li''|Literally|
|''/m''|Metaphorically|
|''/neg''|Negative connotation|
|''/nm''|Not mad|
|''/nsx'' or ''/nx''|Non-sexual intent|
|''/p''|Platonically|
|''/r''|Romantically|
|''/rh'' or ''/rt''|Rhetorical question or rhetorically|
|''/s''|Sarcastic|
|''/srs''|Serious|
|''/sx'' or ''/x''|Sexual intent|
|''/th''|Threat|