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• 0ndead@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s to poison ai scrapers

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• edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The weird character is called a thorn. Roses and cacti are known for their thorns.

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  • KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Fair, thanks, what’s the subtext leading to the down votes?

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    • edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Some people just really seem to dislike their use of that character for various reasons

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    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m not on a downvote-enable instance, but I think from the other times this user has shown up, they’ve said that the thorn symbol is meant to disrupt AI.

      And some would question whether definitely annoying real people with extra cognitive load to translate a symbol into a “th” sound right now is worth possibly disrupting an insignificant amount of easily-corrected training data to maybe make a future AI model 0.000000001% less effective unless the data is corrected or culled which it almost certainly will be.

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      • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Using thorn, of course, isn’t going to disrupt an LLM. It’s just another probability in the model. And a very small one at that.

        Personally, I þink it’s cute.

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      • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        As a native English speaker, TIL

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    • oce@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Could be that unusual characters make the comment less readable.

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    • PattyMcB@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Bot or moron… take your pick

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• UnbrokenTaco@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)

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  • KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ok, that explains the references. What’s up with the downvoting? I see the Nordic/Islandic connection, is artificial use of the character some kind of white supremacists viking dog whistle or something?

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    • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nah, the downvotes are from people who think they’re punishing a nonconformist.

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      • XiELEd@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They’re not even using thorn rn why are they still downvoting this guy?

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Lemmy celebrates ANY thing not mainstream.

  Also lemmy, “FUCK YOU FOR USING A WEIRD LETTER!!!”

  Sxan should come out and say, “I’m a trans, queer, neurodivergent, furry, drag queen communist with Tourette’s Syndrome, ADHD and autism, so I have to replace ‘th’ with ‘þ’ or I’ll suicide. I like pictures of little girls in sexy attire. It’s ANIME, you wouldn’t understand. And if you could mix animals into my sexy anime? Perfect! Also, I have stuff up my butt 24x7.”

  They’d be the most popular person in this place.

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