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I swear, ~~every time~~ most of the time I see someone being particularly rude, ignorant, and inappropriate on a post (usually political in origin, or they swing it to being political) I click on their profile and see it has been created that same day.

They are only there to sow discord. Only to piss people off. Idk if we can just report them (for what?) but I'd like to try exposing them before responding and interacting..

I am guilty of gobbling up the bait. I've started looking at profiles of people that piss me off exceptionally and noticed they're burner bot loser accounts.

I guess i just want to say I've noticed it!

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[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I think I'm seeing something different, although also synthetic in nature.

It seems like companies or brands are in here (and probably on any social media) actively controlling the message about their brand. People make a post or comment about a specific thing (or person) and you get pre-packages responses, similar in nature and argument.

It makes you feel like it's tin foil hat time, but I've seen different accounts proporting the same exact experiences about a product, which are super specific in nature.

I could see that being a part of a company trying to actively "control the message," but it makes you question the authenticity of a lot of posts or arguments. Is that person really standing up for this thing with a questionable history, or are they a paid shill?

What would be a safe space from this though? A forum small enough to stay under the radar? I enjoy larger platforms like this because of the diversity in content and viewpoints, but not if it's a haven for corporate messaging or agencies controlling a narrative.

Am I joining the tin foil hat club here, or has anyone else seen similar?

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

Part of the attraction of this place is that it is like things used to be for the most part. Freedom of expression has always been a double edged sword that all of us have to be responsible for. When you start asking others to police an environment, youre giving up that freedom not just for those you find distasteful but for yourself as well. If you simply excercise due diligence in your consumption, you can easily learn what is comfortably digestible and what will give you a heart attack

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

No, not really.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 7 points 7 months ago

It's almost the European Parliament and US presidential elections. Just today our national crisis centre heightened the threat level after a presumed Russian threat mail was send to Wallonian schools yesterday.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 7 months ago

I guess I'm lucky. I must subscribe to more or less of an echo chamber. Fuck trolls.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

All they want is attention. I simply don’t give them the satisfaction of a response. They get bored and move on.

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[–] Ginger666@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (11 children)

You shouldn't have to do a fucking DOD level background check on someone typing shit on the internet...

Prolly lots of bots...

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