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Is it just me, or does it feel like Lemmy is being hit with a wave of political spam? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by voluble@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I notice a large number of ragebait-y political communities being spun up by new users with thousands of posts & ai profile header photos. I notice comment sections are more acrimonious, and foreign disinfo talking points are circulating a lot more prolifically than before the US election started ramping up.

Anyone else notice this? Any idea on how to combat it on this platform? Are there any communities built around creating block lists of obvious troll/ai/disinfo accounts & communities?

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[-] endofline@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

If you interpreted my last comment that I called you communist ( which I didn't intend ), I'm sorry that wasnt my intention. However, in my home country we say that best way to finish a meeting or party is to start politics. That's why I'm allergic to politics because I know that most people even don't try to argue, they only repeat "their opinions" same one form or another and call themselves names and labels. People have too far opinions to reconcile and I'm fine with this

[-] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah. I wasn't implying that. You didn't call me anything. I'm just a bit sad that it is the way it is. I think in a democracy it is our job (we as the people / citizens) to shape the world around us. Ideally it'd work that way and that's what democracy is about (at least in part). It's super unhealthy for a society that people can't talk to each other or reconcile. But that's where things are steering towards?!

Being stubborn and having strong opinions, calling each other names and confining people to labels doesn't get us anywhere. And it doesn't get anything solved. I'd not participate in that, either. The sad thing is that this silences the good people. Maybe like you(?) And in the end I'm not okay with that. Idk. Take care... Have a nice day... I think on a personal level your reasoning is perfectly valid.

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