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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 NYT article 12/9/2020 and smi has summarized some of them here.

Tone IndicatorMeaning
/cCopypasta(akin to spam)
/cbClickbait
/fFake
/gen or /gGenuine [question]
/hjHalf-jokingly
/hypHyperbole
/ijInside Joke
/jJoking
/lhLighthearted
/liLiterally
/mMetaphorically
/negNegative connotation
/nmNot mad
/nsx or /nxNon-sexual intent
/pPlatonically
/rRomantically
/rh or /rtRhetorical question or rhetorically
/sSarcastic
/srsSerious
/sx or /xSexual intent
/thThreat
tone_indicators.txt · Last modified: 2021.12.22 10:51 by 127.0.0.1