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Does anyone know why we’re defederated from beehaw.org? (i.imgur.com)
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[–] Shihali@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While in very formal English "one" is the generic pronoun and "you" is addressed to you personally, in casual English "you" is the generic pronoun with the same meaning as formal written French "on".

So the post above wasn't a personal attack. It used "you" to mean "one".

Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_you