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Too much US election content on Lemmy?
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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2024
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Do you think Lemmy is big enough to attract that kind of attention? I would be genuinely surprised if it does.
My theory was that the content just floods over from other sources. Where there are bots / paid people. Anecdotally I've not seen the classic bots like you see on Twitter and Reddit here yet.
I think it is, as it lacks bot detection, not quite as bad as Reddit, but you see people make arguments which sound good but don't stay on topic.
A big factor is the lack of barriers. They already have the complex software from other platforms, the only new code is to alter the interaction scripts. The "make post" script for Facebook becomes the "make post " script for Lemmy. The problem domains are so similar I bet you can use the same numerical sociology (a good topic to look up to learn about how governments make these bots) models/code across the platforms. Though you may need a few extra features to accurately express our love of Linux, star trek, and beans.
Do I dare ask? Beans?
It had the vibe of something someone really wanted to "be a meme" and therefore it was flogged extremely aggressively. But, you know, there was beans. God, so fucking hilarious. Especially the millionth one, that was the best of the lot.
Still unironically better than the jeans shit that followed shortly after, though.
So this might make me seem surly, my excuse is that I watched "rage comics" get run into the ground over on Reddit, along with that hideous narwhal bullshit, and cringe like that sticks with you.