I’m new to Reddit and I’ve seen a couple posts with /s or /t What does it mean and are there other /letters that have some sort of meaning?

i've seen this a few times, it's nothing worrying but I'm now wondering what it means. they put /s at the end of their comment. is it a command?

People should be able to tell if there's implied sarcasm in something you wrote. Sarcasm isn't difficult to convey via text/writing. If people misinterpret your sarcasm and take it literally, there's a chance that there was a simple miscommunication but I'd say it's far more likely that the author did a poor job conveying his message. Basically, what I'm saying is that the argument that the /s is necessary in some way is wrong, it should never be necessary.

My second point is that the /s tag completely ruins any comedic value that the initial sarcastic statement may have had. It's like if someone said out loud: "Jeez Ted, did you get enough ketchup with your fries? By the way, I'm totally being sarcastic right now!". You're not allowing anyone who witnesses the joke to process the information for themselves, there's no chance given for the joke to "sink in" and by battering you over the head with it, all humor is killed.

The only argument I could understand for using the tag, would be for the benefit of non native English speakers or perhaps people with autism who may have a difficult time comprehending sarcasm. Even then, the /s tag seems like jumping through hoops to accommodate a small number of users.

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I just read it in a post and I don't know what it is.

Lately I've noticed that more and more communities are implementing "/s" to indicate sarcasm, but who started it?

Why is it considered more viable compared to what other communities do to indicate sarcasm (like those who use a certain emoticon or emoji to indicate it)?

It's just curiosity.

So I’ve been seeing descriptors near post titles that is just one letter like M,L, and S on posts on r/maliciouscompliance and r/entitledparents. I have literally NO clue what it means... and I couldn’t find anything about it online. Is it like a post category or somethin?

I've seen some posts where the redditor first write something (often looking like ranting) and after the paragraph they write /s and then they write a sentence or two. What does the /s mean?

I skimmed over the faqs. Couldn't find it.

I noticed people sometimes write /s or / some other letter.. What does it mean?

Hi there. I’ve been posting and mostly reading and upvoting on posts but have no idea how to do what others are doing and sometimes don’t even know what they’re talking about for instance with the \s. Where do l find advanced use? Others format their paragraphs and fonts. I want to do it too! 😉