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Is the bot/troll situation getting worse? (lemmy.giftedmc.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It feels like the amount of both, divisive posts and ghoulish comments is rising again.

One could argue that the world has a lot of divisive stuff going on and lemmy just talks about it. But the way people post about stuff seems more oot and hateful than it has been in the past.

Not saying it is that but if I wanted to bring the Fediverse down or at least keep my customers from going there, I would sow this stuff as much as I can.

I'm blocking ghouls left right and center atm but if I ever asked a friend to join lemmy, I'd hate to think of what they would see that I dont anymore.

Do we need stronger moderation?

Maybe ban politics from c/memes?
Become a little more stringent on "dont be a jerk" rules in communities?

One thing that really bothers me is the collapsing "discourse". Trying to mend fences and keep the conversation between sides going ime leads to nothing but downvotes and shitstorm.

I feel like a little more interaction (instead of intervention, at first) of the moderators would do wonders there.

Thanks for reading this rant. Have a nice day.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Election year in the US and EU while Russia is invading a neighbor and China possibly preparing to do the same. There couldn‘t have been a worse time for LLMs to be so accessible, capable and fairly unregulated. The perfect conditions to make this year the worst for internet content we‘ve ever seen. By a landslide. We will look at the last 10 years and feel nostalgic on how good these years were with their little bot armies, cute clickbait and adorable fake news.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Election year in the US and EU while Russia is invading a neighbor and China possibly preparing to do the same.

Interesting you don't mention Israel doing a fucking GENOCIDE and the USA supporting it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

This is the kind of commitment the post is taking about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They event, while deplorable, doesn't really generate new bot flow. The same conservative and Russian style bots are already up and running.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You don't think the US and Israel have an online presence pushing propaganda? I've noticed some odd voting patterns on some posts relating to the genocide and recent bombings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I never said that. Of course they do. But they've always been here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Israel ramping up their genocide so significantly and a new US military campaign in the Middle East seems like a great reason to increase propaganda activity. I have a feeling it will only continue to get worse as the conflict spreads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

A fair consideration.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Oh wow. Thats a bleak but very convincing outlook you have painted. Lets pray this doesnt come to pass.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

The cheaper and easier it gets to produce and distribute content online, the more I am convinced that we will need to start requiring people to put something of actual value at stake to let them join a social network. The sad thing is that, aside from simply charging money for access, there is nothing that I see that could be used but not abused by governments or corporations.