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[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's so much Kremlin and CCP disinformation on Lemmy I've stopped recommending it to anyone. Really a shame.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The only way to deal with it is to smother it with people who are aware of the disinformation, though.

[–] Ooops@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But the people understanding desinformation are spending significant amounts of free time on it, while the propagandists are getting paid and the morons just soak up the headlines and go on... so both ignore any actual argument or link to facts someone spend time one anyway.

So, no. There is easy way to deal with this that doesn't involve heavy moderation...

[–] gullible@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’ve been suggesting universal defederation from the tanky instances for a few months. They’re all terrible in unique but related ways.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I think that's absolutely the right direction.

They're not genuine, they don't argue in good faith, they brigade... the Fediverse won't ever become truly meaningful in its current state.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

Exactly! Speak up! I’ve been in a couple of bouts with a hexbear mob already!

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

News can be disinformation? Does that mean the US does it too?