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

submitted 5 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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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Use the report button when you see those, it's the quickest way for them to be noticed by mods and admins.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

People don't report shit, then complain stuff goes unmoderated.

Like, you don't have to report every single comment a troll makes, but at least report one so a mod looks at it.

Edit:

Here's a good example. An account I have blocked replied to me. If they go into a sub I moderate and start acting like a jackass, I'll never know because I have them blocked.

The only way I'd see it, is if someone reported it.

[–] S_204@lemm.ee -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ya, Lemmy is speed running the worst things about Reddit but struggling to build the niche communities that would make people want to hang around.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The thing that's making me kinda want to leave is it feels like even more of an echo chamber then Reddit was, especially when you see someone calling for the death of someone at least once a week or so

Quite often see people getting downvote bombed and dogpiled for having different political opinions

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I left reddit because I fucking hate the company.

But I'm not happy here because I fucking hate the users.

[–] S_204@lemm.ee -1 points 5 months ago

Great summary.