It's so funny seeing a large group (almost all) of the people in my feed being so excited about this new social media thing that they managed to get in through invitation on Instagram.

A bunch of naives, honestly.

(Don't wanna do this but sigh)

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[–] Coelacanth@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My first thought was AstroTurf too but honestly Lemmy is still small enough that I wonder if Meta even cares enough for it to pay for astroturfing here. They got more signups in a couple of hours than Lemmy got users in three years, and by several magnitudes even. Plus it's an inherently hostile demographic for them. They're better off investing in positive posting on Reddit, which I'm sure is what they're already doing.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It takes minimal amounts of effort to set up a few bots to sow discord in a new social media network. With the things that we know Meta has done it the past do you honestly believe that dropping a few bots onto Lemmy is beyond them? Why would they let something like Lemmy even get off the ground to become a threat to them, snuffing it out in the cradle would be easier.

[–] Tag365@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It seems like they're trying to feed Lemmy a mortal potion like Pain and Panic tried to Hercules in the Disney movie...