Has anyone else noticed this, across the fediverse, Lemmy specifically. A lot of new users, but also a lot of first posts that are very inflammatory/rage baity.
Do we have another legit influx of new users? Or do we just have some bad actors trying to stir the pot? Or maybe I’m imagining it.
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I don’t think it’s an uptick, it’s been around for as long as I’ve used the Fediverse.
I’ve never understood the mindset that this social site is made up of a different mix of personalities than any other. It’s not. There’s very nice people here and there’s very mean people here. Often, the very nice are quiet so you won’t always notice them but the meanest are usually very outspoken and everyone comes across something left by them. Hatred, ignorance and toxicity is not something that’s left at the door of the fediverse.
Leaving the 3 biggest news comms has been one of the best things I’ve done recently.
comms
Communications?
I haven’t, but then again I don’t subscribe to News or Politics communities.
The way to go
Not inflammatory, but I’ve noticed some new users who come only to do self promotion, without engaging in anyting else in the platform. Mostly in art related comms but also a couple trying to promote a shady website or the like. Even though my account is new I’ve been browsing for a good while and dislike people that are only looking for an audience not a community.
Interesting, I haven’t noticed this but I’ll keep an eye out on accounts
I do some self promotion, although I try to; 1: only post in relevant forums. 2: also engage outside of my own posts an then not talk about said posts.(this time is an exception but its kind of a meta discussion.)
Due to the nature of the fedivers what I post on mastodon and pixelfed might get federated on to Lemmy, which unfortunately might give the appearance of spamming, I’m aware of this but I don’t see a way around that. And lastly. I don’t think my videos on Peertube would get any views unless I post them outside of peertube since there is no real algorithm or good discovery functions across the instances. But I’m open to being in the wrong here.
And to clarify, self promo is ok! My complaint is about the ones who wouldn’t even see this post (or any other post for the matter), much less reply to it. They just take up space and do not give anything of value back. Imo. As the fediverse grows it’s bound to happen, it just pisses me off.
FWIW, in my feeds that is on the same level as it was for some time now
Bots originating in russa, china, etc, etc spreading social unrest
Those countries want to divide us and it’s working
That’s true in most places, but until now it’s been relatively quiet I’m here on the fediverse
That’s a lame and cheap attack and also ridiculous.
Try replying to these so-called “Russian and Chinese bot accounts” and see what happens
You won’t get evasive and broken English, rather a long and thorough breakdown grounded in theory and history
Lol
“Theory and history”
Try it and see
So people are just pretending that astroturfing by foreign nations isn’t real now? Cool.
Yes have noticed more rage bait. Also more and more culture wars in comments. Still not anywhere near as bad as reddit.
Seems like the average user on here is smart enough not to get caught up in that bullshit thankfully. It’s a lot nicer than the pathetic chess match on reddit where everyone seems to take the rage bait like a carrot on a string
Nothing out of the ordinary personally.
Meta communities are prompt to drama, but that’s the usual.
Edit: I just remember I’ve seen a few one-day account posting obvious ragebait. That usually gets removed quickly.
Edit2: example https://lemmy.world/post/33629252
Yeah in my small areas of the fedi, im not seeing any inflammatory posts. Of course there’s like dozens of us compared to you all, but its a happy balance.
Im new but ive noticed a ton of slop news is spammed by the same handful of accounts only. None of the articles add anything new or provide a unique perspective. Then its spammed over all the news subs. Its annoying but im not a mod what can i do.
I think that slop news posts are intentionally inflammatory because they add no new information and only seek to evoke an emotional reaction.
Either block the user or the community.
It does seem a bit more than usual. Thank fuck it’s so easy to block people and communities on here
Or do we just have some bad actors trying to stir the pot?
Yes.
People are hostile idiots sometimes, also, so that doesn’t help. But yes, people are definitely trying to stir up deliberate ballache for whatever weird reasons of their own.
For context
Or is the world just pissed about the state of things?
I’ve seen one Dunno about a large influx. But it didn’t last long.
I used to see new accounts with weird names posting long AMAs in the !askmeanything@lemmy.ca community.
Are those LLM bots or are they real users?
Unsure personally, but I’m keeping an eye on it personally
Any influx of new users that appear to be valid human meat popsicles should be the new normal. Would you like to create a downloadable zip file of a codebase that demonstrates this?
