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Does anyone else notice an uptick of extreme troll accounts? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by ettyblatant@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I swear, ~~every time~~ most of the time I see someone being particularly rude, ignorant, and inappropriate on a post (usually political in origin, or they swing it to being political) I click on their profile and see it has been created that same day.

They are only there to sow discord. Only to piss people off. Idk if we can just report them (for what?) but I'd like to try exposing them before responding and interacting..

I am guilty of gobbling up the bait. I've started looking at profiles of people that piss me off exceptionally and noticed they're burner bot loser accounts.

I guess i just want to say I've noticed it!

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[–] ksharp@lemmy.ml 22 points 7 months ago (16 children)

Also worth pointing out that the best way of reading this thread is looking at all of the removed comments in the modlog. Lol.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I absolutely love the mod log. Some days I just read through that instead of the regular Lemmy posts.

[–] ksharp@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's not just an entertaining read, it's a valuable resource to look at to determine if mods in certain communities are over-moderating. Imo for months, mods in many of the largest communities are far overstepping their roles and not just "moderating" their communities but actively censoring opinions they don't like.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It’s not just an entertaining read, it’s a valuable resource to look at to determine if mods in certain communities are over-moderating.

Agree. Honestly that's where I find the entertainment from, actually looking at how the mods actually do their moderating, the kind of reasons why they give.

It's interesting to compare the moderation that happens between the different communities too.

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