The whole power-badge-as-a-divisive-topic thing is a bit bizarre here… if you are here to have fun, be clever, enjoy contributing to conversations, and make friends irl, what else matters? I guarantee anyone who does the above will be just fine, otherwise there’s no there there.

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Have literal skin in the game on /nonanon

Sucks to feel like you can't be noticed for contributions to comversations and to feel like there's no path to a power badge. Non-English users (even those who have since started posting in English) unfortunately have a tough time with the current iteration of the pb system.

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I totally understand that and take it as a factor here. I feel that a lot of what people think of as bots are actually just non-native English speakers. There are a lot of people who miss the subtleties of humor and sarcasm, hence the responses are bland and generic. Just having a few friends on here is all it takes.

I actually ran into so many "rephrase my cast" bots today that I had to turn priority mode back on, so I get you as well.

I thought I was too until today! Your time may yet come :)

I've been largely ignored by bots... that's probably a good thing and a bad thing on my part