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[–] verstra@programming.dev 1 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Haha. But really what does -R mean?

Or some posts have a bunch of ,,,.., at the end. What's that?

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I think it's a way for members of a plural collective to use social networks, while making it clear who is currently fronting.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago

I think that here it is because there are multiple people running the account and they sign with an initial.