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Is it just me, or does it feel like Lemmy is being hit with a wave of political spam? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by voluble@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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?

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[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 148 points 2 months ago

The most powerful country in the world is a large disinformation piñata. You whack it with a few memes and poor decisions come out.

You can’t fault hostile intelligence for giving it a go, and there are a lot of hostile intelligence services.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 55 points 2 months ago

You can’t fault hostile intelligence

Yeah, I can! 😂

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago

We manipulate other countries similarly, so you can fault them but there's an element of hypocrisy in doing so.

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

It's only hypocritical if you approve of it's use that way, which I do not. It would be naive or even stupid to expect those countries not to retaliate, but I don't like it when anyone interferes in a diplomatic process.

[-] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

No. You, flicker, are clearly in charge of all the decisions of the US Government when it comes to foreign interference.

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Damn! I've been found out!

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

Ideally, we’d all stop…

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

Yeah, the US has been doing this to other countries for decades. The internet just made it more accessible and easier for the rest of the world to participate en masse.

[-] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago

other countries

Somehow I really doubt we exclude ourselves

[-] Carrolade@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

You whack it with a few memes and poor decisions come out.

... ouch. ~sigh

Yeah, pretty much.

[-] alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

It's also by design.

The flaws are designed to be exploited by the rich and powerful.

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