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Does anyone else notice an uptick of extreme troll accounts? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by ettyblatant to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't mean each user needs to block people, I mean go to instances and communities that are well-moderated.

[–] blazeknave 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sure but the outcome is the same. Just someone else clicking for you and your group at scale.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That matters a lot though. If users feel unwelcome and have to block lots of other people before they'll get a nice experience, they'll just leave. If instead, they are greeted with kindness and interesting stuff, then they'll stick around. It's not scalable to have every user block lots of users before they have a good experience.

[–] blazeknave 1 points 7 months ago

No disagreement, that's true, it will help increase growth by reducing friction for new users. Also, that doesn't mitigate my thesis statement that we're wearing blinders while the evil infects and hurts others.