You got a point, it is difficult to sort out the bots from the tankies when it comes to international political content here or on lemmy.world. I don’t want to yell at tankies any more, they are real humans who are literally earning their bread.
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awwwyissss@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I’ve almost stopped using Lemmy because of the kind of content you’re describing. I’ve never even told anyone I use Lemmy because I don’t want them to judge me by association. The politics on here is extremist, hateful, divisive, and non-fucking-stop.
I disagree that it’s not CCP/Kremlin bots and shills. I think a LOT of it is. Without ongoing support from those malicious authoritarian governments, Lemmy.ml, lemmygrad, and Hexbear would have half the content and engagement.
verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Yeah I don’t want to yell at tankies either. They’re generally trying to do the right thing, but unfortunately a combination of ignorance and arrogance means they’re causing harm instead.
But the paid shills, fuck them. I hope they die in a drone attack as Ukrainians defend themselves from the sociopaths in the Kremlin.
Blaze@feddit.org 1 day ago
Have you tried blocking political and news communities? That helps to reduce this kind of content
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I’ve intentionally left it unblocked because I want to do my part to make the fediverse succeed. But at this point that might be the best approach. I’ll probably do that or just leave.
For what it’s worth, I’ve always appreciated your positive and helpful contributions here. If Lemmy was full of users like you it would be fantastic.
Blaze@feddit.org 1 day ago
Hopefully that allows you to stay. I recently posted a list of 20 non political communities on !newcommunities@lemmy.world if that can help
Thank you for your nice comment!
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yeah it’s bad, so bad that even trying to call it out gets you attacked. I definitely agree that there could be shills, but surely there have to be more real users than shills? In which case we just have to make sure that the real users don’t fall victim to the divisive tactics of the shills. I haven’t given up yet, I’m a stubborn bastard.
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Agreed, seems there are more real users than shills/bots, and I try to avoid fighting them. If you take a little time and tag users you suspect of spreading misinformation, it gets pretty easy to identify the frequent offenders pushing Kremlin/CCP talking points.