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?

  • vzq
    145·
    3 months ago

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      • MagicShel@programming.dev
        16·
        4 months ago

        We manipulate other countries similarly, so you can fault them but there’s an element of hypocrisy in doing so.

        • flicker@lemmy.world
          34·
          4 months ago

          It’s only hypocritical if you approve of it’s use that way, which I do not. It would be naive or even stupid to expect those countries not to retaliate, but I don’t like it when anyone interferes in a diplomatic process.

    • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      30·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, the US has been doing this to other countries for decades. The internet just made it more accessible and easier for the rest of the world to participate en masse.

    • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      4 months ago

      You whack it with a few memes and poor decisions come out.

      … ouch. ~sigh

      Yeah, pretty much.