Man Scientist: Medium-dark Skin Tone on Reddit

What it signals here

upvote context

Upvoted comments that provide unusually detailed, well-researched responses in any subreddit

community use

Common in r/science, r/BlackSTEM, r/dataisbeautiful, and academic subreddits to represent researchers

subreddit meaning

In r/memes or r/ProgrammerHumor it signals mock-scientific analysis; in r/science it's used earnestly

karma context

High-karma posts about scientific achievements by men of color often feature this emoji in the title or top comment

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