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[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 59 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aww the poor Russian bots think they can hide content by down voting it like they do on reddit? Won't anyone think of Putin's sad hurt feelings? ... Oh wait, that's right, we DO think of him -- every time we point and laugh.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's especially funny because of how Lemmy's default sort option works.

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Active? Does it count downvotes as activity?

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

What IS the default option now? I changed mine to new, so I see everything no matter how much they downvote it.

[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's enough weird pro-Russian tankies around I'd believe it's at least partially native.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

10 downvotes within 5 minutes of a post going up is very suspect, I’d be shocked if it wasn’t bot activity

[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt -1 points 1 year ago

Also possible!

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

Eh. I get a bunch of downvotes every time I post on @conservative even if Im just posting the text of a law.

I think that some here are just very liberal with the downvote button.

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why would any tankies support Russia? It's no longer a communist state anymore.

[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The tankie unifying ideology is something closer to “everything that is anti-US is good” rather than a coherent narrative about something that actually unifies historical or current communist dictatorships. So there tends to be a fair amount of Russian simping or Russia/US both-sides equivocation.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago

Dude. Who knows? They don't make the slightest amount of sense. Tanky is more just anti-west than anything meaningful now. They're braindead.

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

It's pure tribalism at that level, nothing to do with logic or even principles.

In that specific tribe Russia = Good, US = Bad, always and with no case-by-case analysis.

(Mind you, I did once turned a tankie away from that by pointing out that Russia's Invasion of Ukraine was the same kind of thing as the US' second invasion of Iraq so it made sense to judge the invaders in both exactly in the same way. Granted this was back in the early days of the invasion and I reckon that anybody who still remains pro-Russia now is either an authoritarian at hearth or a brainless unprincipled parrot).

[–] Neon@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hmm, must be your instance.
I'm on Kbin and 0 Downvotes

[–] atocci@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah I don't think downvotes federate

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It just takes time for it to percolate through. They do federate, but you'll see it happen in groups later, not one at a time instantly.

[–] gullible@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Not to kbin.social, at least within a week. Effectively, downvotes from lemmy instances don’t exist for kbin.social users.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 year ago

They do, but the federation can be spotty.

[–] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Oh no! Anyway…

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Well I'm going to fine Putin for excessive oversized table use!

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 8 points 1 year ago

Didn't Apple formally leave Russia? Why would they be responsible for the content users UNOFFICIALLY access, lol

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Well russia is a dood dood head, come and fine me russia!

[–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Good luck with that.

[–] Mandy@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Lmao, I'd fine them too if that actually ever works out Like what does Russia expect

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Good luck collecting.

[–] Nechesh@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

This seems largely symbolic. I don't see Apple or Wikipedia paying, and paying might even be illegal at this point.