“If you’ve ever hosted a potluck and none of the guests were spouting antisemitic and/or authoritarian talking points, congratulations! You’ve achieved what some of the most valuable companies in the world claim is impossible.”

  • ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’ve seen very little trolling, definitely not rampant for what I’m subbed to. I have seen a fair amount of people that become offended by silly stuff.

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      8 months ago

      I’ve seen the main two types of trolls: people who try to cause problems in a subtle way for the sake of entertainment (the good trolls), and the ones that attract downvotes by saying the dumbest shit you’ve ever read (the bad trolls). I actually enjoy the good ones, it seems like they don’t tend to show up unless there’s already a flame war going on, and they can be pretty funny. The bad trolls are just assholes in disguise. Sadly the bad trolls tend to get ignored.

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          8 months ago

          It’s more that they say it in what appears to be an intentionally inflammatory way. Like, sometimes there are really bad takes that seem trollish on their own, but when someone says it in an inflammatory way, it’s hard not to see them as a troll.

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            8 months ago

            Honestly, I say shit that people disagree with and are pissed off about pretty often.

            But personally, I only really run into what I’d actually consider trolls on occasion.

            More often than I’d like, sure, but I guarantee you there have been people who think I’m a troll just because I have and voice a strong opinion that they disagree with in a way that they can’t comprehend or deal with.

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          8 months ago

          Eh, sometimes. Sometimes there are really bad takes that feel trollish on their own, but most of the time it’s a bad opinion stated in a seemingly intentionally inflammatory way.

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      8 months ago

      I’ve seen people who had profiles that literally professed that they only existed to troll, and their accounts lasted longer than people who said something wrong politically regarding Israel/Palestine.

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        8 months ago

        lol that’s wild, trolling on here seems pointless with the low user base.

        Not gonna lie I filtered out Israel, Palestine, and hamas when that started, because of the differing political groups being so hard line/obnoxious in the comments.

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          8 months ago

          trolling on here seems pointless with the low user base.

          You would think that, right? Some people legit have nothing better to do.

          I mean, I know I’ve got nothing better to do than dick around online, but like… I still want to have real conversations and not just try to upset people. It’s really weird, unhealthy, antisocial behavior.

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      8 months ago

      It’s mostly in the politics communities, for all the good that information does you. It’s incredibly blatant, though that doesn’t stop folks from biting the hook given the spectrum of people here.

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          8 months ago

          They chose their torture… but yes, the comments they sift through are among the worst in the fediverse.

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            8 months ago

            Zero faith that anyone moderating a politics community is doing it for any reason other than to have control of the discourse.

            Just because Lemmy is a more cohesive unit where overall political leaning is concerned, doesn’t mean that it’s unfiltered and unbiased.