It ain't recent.
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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True, just some users are posting more oddly recently
It's the great slopification
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.
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
Back atcha :)
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.
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.
Definitely the pissed one. It costs next to nothing to farm any particular platform via bots, so why not go for anything that might have niche demographics? Destabalizing leftist groups seems to be sort of a goal of certain other groups these days so..
Good point
Everyone's saying bots but I think some of it is human-generated ragebait. Like that person who posted twice like "why did my friend block me" with screenshots of them devolving into crytyping as they tell said friend how stupid they are for being autistic.
(I took that bait, don't judge, it was cathartic π)
As for why, I couldn't tell you. Maybe they're not getting enough engagement on Reddit anymore or maybe it's not fun because Reddit already hates autistic people and will side with them. Who knows.
Whatβs crytyping, Iβve never heard that word before π
I would sure hate to be that person, assuming itβs not an alt or someone whoβs in on the bait (like their sibling pretending to be the other person)
I guess it's more of a Tumblr term. It refers to when someone starts typing really sloppily to signify they're having a breakdown.
I guess it's kind of a mean term but I really think people should walk away from the keyboard if they get to that point.
Ohhh. I mean, she was still treating her friends like crap and that says a lot about her
I'm so fucking upset with you rin.im not even going to check what I'm saying and I'm adding a lil more to this to just pad it out and ooh I'm so angy with you grrr
That?
Lol pretty much, the typos usually get way more extreme.
I've been guilty of it in the past because I used to get so mad I'd stop correcting for my dyslexia or my general terribleness on mobile keyboards. Reason #β not to argue on the internet.
Oh yeah, that person was banned from my instance π
I genuinely canβt tell if that was a bot, a troll, or an emotionally unstable person.
From what I remembered, recent account, no profile picture, barely commented.
Examples?
Personally, every time I see a βWhere did all this racism come from?β type post, I always wonder if OP is twelve years old.
Noticed that as well, it's absolutely ridiculous. But judging by the amount of serious replies most people don't seem to care.
Any examples so we donβt just have to guess at what you and OP saw and neglected to highlight the ones in question?
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Anything with bullet points is LLM
- I use them sometimes.
- Don't hate me because I like Markdown. :(
- Pew!
- Pew!
- Bang! (Switched guns at the end there)
- but if it's
- exclusively bullets
- who can truly say?
don't listen to this guy, he's a bullet list haiku bot
- ignore the human
- automated responses
- bulleted haiku
I use bullet points; they probably learned it from me. Sorry.
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