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[โ€“] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 64 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

And then, the inevitable "what I like to do in this situation"...
No. You don't "like" doing anything, you don't actually "do" anything and you've never been "in a situation" before.

[โ€“] Robert7301201@slrpnk.net 12 points 13 hours ago

This is something that really infuriates me. You are a machine. You do not have personal preferences. That is reserved for persons.

I'm pretty sure the change was deliberate, because I didn't notice the behavior until several months ago. Now it's prolific. People like anecdotes, so it probably performs better subjectively.