• Striker@lemmy.worldM
    19212·
    3 days ago

    Wtf. Why didn’t you mention the cringe lord emperor striker?!

    Edit: using my mod powers to get attention.

  • ceenote@lemmy.world
    561·
    3 days ago

    The tragic thing, though, is that if lemmy ever “takes off”, there’s nothing about it that will make it any more resistant to bots and trolls.

    It’s kinda like back when Macs had no viruses, because nobody bothered.

    • Vilian@lemmy.ca
      85·
      3 days ago

      nah, descentralisation is what help, i already read as article explaining exactly that, lemmy problem is that one of it first instances are full of trolls lol

    • awwwyissss@lemm.ee
      41·
      3 days ago

      Not only that, but it’s actually a much easier target because of the relatively sporadic moderation.

      Compared to reddit, the Fediverse’s ability to moderate propaganda and advertising is puny and uncoordinated.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
      156·
      3 days ago

      I disagree. Lemmy is more resistant to bots because there’s no perverse incentive to boost user activity numbers to please investors and advertisers. Reddit for example doesn’t really care if most comments are fake on a post. It’s still interaction and it pumps numbers. Lemmy is built and run by us. It serves no other masters.

      Given that users naturally self-sort into instances, your trolls are also more likely to congregate on instances and communities that can be blocked. I don’t want to name any names but I do block some instances from my view for a reason. The Russian bots congregate in places that are amenable to this, and the design of Lemmy encourages this self-sorting into places where you’re accepted.

      The problem is still significant, but there are advantages to the fediverse.

      • ceenote@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        This’ll probably be an “agree to disagree,” but I think most websites do make good faith efforts to lower bot usage. Not because I trust them or anything, but because the perception that bot spam is out of control is bad for their bottom line. It drives away real users and high bot activity makes advertisers disinclined to trust that the high traffic is of any value.

      • Paradachshund@lemmy.today
        6·
        3 days ago

        I think it would be more likely bots would flood instances with posts at a level that was unrealistic for the small scale admins we currently have to combat.

        • GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          There is a bit of a chain of trust, however. Instance fills with spam bots? Defed.
          Spam bots start making their own instances? Go to whitelists.

          And as henfredemars says, because there is no financial incentive to grow the userbase, instances can slow things right down if the spam starts.

  • Xero@lemmy.worldEnglish
    82·
    3 days ago

    Another social media claims it’s the better than everything else while it’s clearly not for the nth time. Why am I not surprised

  • robocall@lemmy.world
    112·
    3 days ago

    I’ll start posting more content in a few days. I’ve been traveling and working a lot. But I’ve also been playing project zomboid on single player so we’ll see if I follow through with my promise.

  • answersplease77@lemmy.world
    592·
    3 days ago

    Even without any karma system, interacting with the users here is a breath of fresh air. Lemmy has the least shills and bots compared to the poison in most other platforms. It’s currently Lemmy’s best asset and where it stands out from all existing social media imo, and I hope it remains this way.

  • Aubmaire@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    i seeked lemmy world out, so glad to be here. what finally made me NEED to get away from R****t was the manufactured outrage, clickbait to an incredible degree. people purposely putting up content that reinforces the status quo by encouraging people to get mad about situations that challenge the status quo.

    also ridiculously stupid questions, way too many people posting photos of shit and asking “whats wrong here” like come on what the fuck. i’m so sick of it.

    • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 days ago

      I really should figure out how to get to Lemmy at work. Reddit is wide open but my firewall blocks Lemmy in some random “catch all” filtering.

  • Tug@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 days ago

    It’s an egregious error to not have The Picard Manuever as our Supreme Ruler

    • Wogi@lemmy.world
      83·
      2 days ago

      You mean every opinion I don’t like isn’t automatically a tankie Russian bot???

      • Skates@feddit.nl
        1·
        2 days ago

        No, he means every opinion you don’t like is automatically a tankie bot. That’s what lemmy is. From tankies, for tankies.

    • daellat@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      Luckily it’s not a monolith and it’s perfectly easy not to interact with lemmygrad. Is world even federated with them?

      • u/unhappy_grapefruit_2@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        Not at all but that’s not the problem. Although grad and communities like them such as r/movingtonorthkoera and r/greenandunpleasent are what is the problem is both .ml and .world are pretty much massive echo chambers. Half the time I’m not quite sure if I’m on Devs instance or world.

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      272·
      2 days ago

      I mean it’s hard not to be when we’re essentially 8 people in a trenchcoat pretending to be social media lol

      It has actually made me feel really awkward knowing just how small this place is. I have this tension between not being able to shut the fuck up and also not wanting to be “known” (maybe in the biblical sense though lol)

  • TheFrirish@jlai.lu
    2·
    2 days ago

    There’s a lot of other shit but it seems that it’s organically sorting itself out over time.