I notice a large number of ragebait-y political communities being spun up by new users with thousands of posts & ai profile header photos. I notice comment sections are more acrimonious, and foreign disinfo talking points are circulating a lot more prolifically than before the US election started ramping up.

Anyone else notice this? Any idea on how to combat it on this platform? Are there any communities built around creating block lists of obvious troll/ai/disinfo accounts & communities?

  • @[email protected]
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    474 months ago

    On one hand, I hate election years.

    On the other hand, as The Economist once had a cartoon pointing out, it could be worse.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      184 months ago

      You may be in luck! Trump promised that if you vote for him he’ll “fix it so good” that you’ll never need to vote again.

      • @[email protected]
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        54 months ago

        That alone should be enough for any rational voter to stay away from him. But alas, voters aren’t rational beings.

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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          4 months ago

          It’s pure insanity. He should be disqualified for that statement, investigated, and arrested if evidence is found he has an actual plan to eliminate elections. I just saw a post today showing that his followers are wearing shirts that say “Dictator on day one”. They’re actually rooting for this shit.