I've noticed a lot of weird comments taking extremely obvious jokes entirely literally but as the others have said there's an abundance of autists here so it's hard to say.
We're here because we're like that.
Im probably guilty of writing a lot of those tbh. Its always a toss up if I get a joke, think I get a joke but get it completely wrong, dont get a joke, or dont even realize something is a joke.
Interesting how many people here get hung up on downvotes and advise to either block the techies, the tankies, or both. And quite hilarious how this adivice gets so quickly derailed into 'political discussions' (rather namecalling and blocking each other). I wasn't even talking about downvotes, I don't care much about them, and I try to not get involved in political stuff where people consider it a useful way to discuss about any issue, because that's just kindergarden stuff and I'd expect a bot to be able to be a little more convincing than just downvoting my post or comment. Yet another reason to spend more time offline - I'mma switch all of you off! And you! And you!!
Yep. It fucking sucks. AI is going to be running the show soon. Honesty? At this point, i think it’s easier to just accept it as normal. There’s not much that can or will be done about it. We’re losing a big part of who we are.
And sadly, the wondrous artistry we humans once possessed will run far beyond most of our remembrance, and will be left to the musings of those unheard.
I don't block users, I have a "firewall" on my brain (metaphorically speaking). I over analyze every comment, its kinda like a "spot the bot" mini-game.
I estimate there are like 1/3 bots especially on very heated political memes on the front page. I'm automatically just blocking out the "voting is useless, don't vote" sentinment, very unproductive. Also idk wtf is with the "don't protest, revolt now, kill [insert name of politician] right now", like why the f would you say that on the open internet where there are government automatic data scrapers archiving all this for evidence? (Remember you can get extradited for making threats) Like jokes sure thing, but don't be that explicit lol. Fed-posting is so common lol.
The less political, the less "bot-like" it feels.
I get what you mean, that's why I always overthink every comment and scan for like everyone's profile.
Hey... Wait a minute...
GET DOWN, JOHN CONNOR. THE OP IS A TERMINATOR /j
I often rant about eating the rich. It's because I'm genuinely angry about the situation at hand, and maybe ranting online helps with getting the frustration out without doing actual damage in the real world. Which I'm sure is exactly how the powerful intend it to be.
I mean this comment is not intended to say neither "never use violence" or "assassinate your politicians immediately"
I think the internet should be used as recruitment for peaceful methods only, but, if hypothetically when you meet up in person and decide that you want to "escalate"... well... do that in a secret basement somewhere safe, not online where any plans could be easily intercepted and easier for governments to manipulate.
I mean, for legal purposes, I'm not gonna overtly advocate violence in a serious, non-joke way, but I mean, if you decide to use force, then that's you decision, I can't tell you how to plan your actions 😉
As US President John F. Kennedy once said: "Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible, make violent revolution inevitable"
TLDR: Online forums are exactly what you described, a place to vent your frustrations. If you actually want to plan a revolt, do that IRL.
Do me, do me!
1/3 bots especially on very heated political memes on the front page. I’m automatically just blocking out the “voting is useless, don’t vote” sentinment, very unproductive.
What you mean is that you find it easier to write off everyone with political differences to you as not human than to acknowledge people disagree with you.
I think the trap is that you should look for accounts that seem extra normal. Those are your typical bot accounts. Impeccable spelling, and more elaborate structure than you'd typically find in a social media comment, but very "locally plausible" content.
In my experience accounts that seem weird are run by weird humans.
In the end does it matter? If the content is low quality, don’t interact with it. If the content is high quality, interact with it. Humans will always be better at producing high quality content compared to bots or trolls.
On Reddit, yes. Here, I don't know. But I wonder if it's possible to ensure that the fediverse stays humans only. Maybe by Introducing a captcha of sorts like 4chan.
There is the option to tag your account as a bot, so I would assume not.
People on here are not subject to algorithms. There is no algorithmic manipulation to some sort of hive mind. Oh. And some use LLMs to translate their posts.
I am pretty sure that's just the resident weridos and their non standard opinions tbh
I got called a bot a lot early just for doing takes that were too hot for the mean poster
Not bots. Who would develop propaganda bots to for lemmy just to spite 1 particular person.
I think we're too small a population for any nefarious motivated interests yet.
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