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		Forgeties79 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I program on the subway I’ve recently learned to downvote/flag and not respond to green names. The number of new accounts coming in hot with inflammatory takes lately has seemed higher to me, but admittedly this is purely a “vibe,” I have no numbers to back it up. Anyway, I just flag/downvote and move on.

mid-kid 22 days ago [–]

TIL that the green color means the account is new. I always thought it was a special marker somehow, like the equivalent of a blue checkmark.

Forgeties79 21 days ago | [–]

Yeah I used to think it was the thread OP or an admin or something myself.

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