- meme usage
- Central to ACAB and police reform discourse; also used in humorous 'police spotted' tweet threads
- sarcasm patterns
- Dropped sarcastically when someone is policing others' opinions or behavior online
- quote tweet context
- Added to quote tweets calling out someone for being an internet rule-enforcer
- trending context
- Spikes during high-profile police incidents or social justice movements
- reply use
- Used as a one-emoji reply to someone acting as the 'comment section police'