Julian Oliver on Nostr: In the last 10 years 'delete' has increasingly shifted to mean leave, unfriend or ...
In the last 10 years 'delete' has increasingly shifted to mean leave, unfriend or remove, whereas 'cancel' has come to mean delete, block or censor (data or access). So common is this new usage I wonder when dictionaries will begin to reflect it.
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