• NielsBohron@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I understand what you mean by “a French innovation,” but I’m OOTL on Minecraft. How does Minecraft get you on a watchlist?

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      7 months ago

      It’s a meme where someone issues a threat against someone else, then veils it against moderation & reporting by appending “in Minecraft.” e.g. a user responds to your post with “I’m gonna burn your house down”, which can be construed as a real-world douchebaggery. But if they say “I’m gonna burn your house down in Minecraft”, there’s plausible deniability because it’s infers online douchebaggery where real physical harm is unlikely.