this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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I don’t mean this in a rude way. Feels like the past week or so has had some bizarre questions asked.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I think the questions are from bots, testing topics to farm controversy or outrage points. The greater the number of replies, the more likely the topic will be used in a future marketing or agit-prop campaign.

So you get these really stupid, controversial, psychopathic takes that no one should be taking seriously. The point of the exercise is the emotional reaction, the outrage, not getting a serious answer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

I don't know whether to be flattered that they consider Lemmy a serious enough platform to farm responses or be pissed that they have infected Lemmy like they did with sites like Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Hello, may I acquaint you with our lord and saviour, Artificial Intelligence?

Edit: That came across way more flippant than I'd intended it to be; I apologize. Yeah, I've noticed it too, you're not alone.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Just like to say that I really appreciate you apologizing and checking your tone, though I thought it was fine! :) the Lemmyverse needs more kind people like you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Back atcha :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Anything with bullet points is LLM

[–] TheBananaKing 2 points 6 hours ago

I use bullet points; they probably learned it from me. Sorry.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
  • but if it's
  • exclusively bullets
  • who can truly say?
[–] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

don't listen to this guy, he's a bullet list haiku bot

[–] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago
  • ignore the human
  • automated responses
  • bulleted haiku
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Noticed that as well, it's absolutely ridiculous. But judging by the amount of serious replies most people don't seem to care.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Any examples so we don’t just have to guess at what you and OP saw and neglected to highlight the ones in question?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Damn bro you gonna do me like that πŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I have come to conclude that anyone posting a serious life question including drama on the internet is a bot.

I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you might be an NVIDIA H100 GPU deep down.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I wish I was. I could just turn myself off.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

but can you turn yourself on? ( Ν‘Β° ΝœΚ– Ν‘Β°)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

How is that post borderline insane? It's a lot of unnecessary detail, but outgrowing your high school mates is a pretty common thing that people sometimes don't know how to handle.

[–] Brkdncr 24 points 1 day ago
[–] Remember_the_tooth 9 points 1 day ago

HA HA HA HA. IMAGINE HAVING NEVER MET A HUMAN PERSON LIKE US! THEY PROBABLY DON'T EVEN EAT NORMAL HUMAN FOOD!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Hey most people here have never encountered any other human being who wasn't involved in their creation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Not in school? Kindergarten? Heck, neighbours, people in shops? Not a single one?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

A lot of amerikans are homeschooled or haven’t left their small town. True for some Canadians too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're trying to sow the seeds of outrage. Do not take the bait.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

I’ve noticed it too. I came here because Reddit has become increasingly toxic, with bots of outrage and division thriving there. I really hope Lemmy doesn’t follow the same path, but I suspect efforts will be made to make alternatives to controlled media even more toxic. I’m not sure what the best strategies are to counter this kind of malevolence.

[–] CosmicCleric 7 points 1 day ago

Dead Internet incomming.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Zuckerberg discovered lemmy

[–] DragonsInARoom 4 points 1 day ago

They're all like 7< days old aswell

[–] theywilleatthestars 3 points 1 day ago

We're finally hitting the big time!

[–] j4k3 2 points 1 day ago

I blocked NSQ because a bot is a mod. I don't see anything particularly odd here. It just seems like people asking general random stuff like real people