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Does anyone else notice an uptick of extreme troll accounts? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by 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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[โ€“] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thank you! Like, this isn't how foriegn influence campaigns work. Believing the jerk you're arguing with is a Russian agent might make you feel like you're in a Tom Clancy novel, but the odds are it's just a dweeb with multiple accounts. Foriegn influence campaigns make sock-puppets to repeat the same 5 talking points on as many communities as possible, and maybe have a few canned replies. They don't fight with the same person in a 20 reply thread over the course of 2 days.

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