One could argue that the world has a lot of divisive stuff going on and lemmy just talks about it. But the way people post about stuff seems more oot and hateful than it has been in the past.

Not saying it is that but if I wanted to bring the Fediverse down or at least keep my customers from going there, I would sow this stuff as much as I can.

I'm blocking ghouls left right and center atm but if I ever asked a friend to join lemmy, I'd hate to think of what they would see that I dont anymore.

Do we need stronger moderation?

Maybe ban politics from c/memes?
Become a little more stringent on "dont be a jerk" rules in communities?

One thing that really bothers me is the collapsing "discourse". Trying to mend fences and keep the conversation between sides going ime leads to nothing but downvotes and shitstorm.

I feel like a little more interaction (instead of intervention, at first) of the moderators would do wonders there.

Thanks for reading this rant. Have a nice day.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks for chiming in. That indeed is scary.

Astroturfing is a very common thing nowadays btw. There are many cases that even made the news: https://www.businessinsider.com/astroturfing-grassroots-movements-2011-9

Sorry for linking that site. Feel free to google others.

I will start to really pay attention what communities these shitty posts in my feed come from and both report and block them in my instance. Lets see if that helps.