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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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[–] Sprawlie@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes. Especially in subs like “Canada” or any post involving Canada in any way

It does not matter what the topic of the thread or conversation is. It can be about how Canada loves puppies. And there will be random 1 or 2 liners from new accounts making political comments heavily pushing specific agendas. Even completely unrelated

Lots of random anti government misinformation and one liners pushing a specific party misinformation and narrative. Our how we’re some 3rd world collapsing country

It is not natural. Same thing occurs also on Reddit.

[–] 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.

[–] 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.

[–] 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.

[–] 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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