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• barneypiccolo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Don’t feel bad, Reddit has been sliding for a long time. Lately, every thread started with dozens of bad puns, followed by Russian bots.

  I used to visit certain subs just to out the Russian Karma Farmers. I got so good at finding them that finding them became almost a game. When I identified them, I would address them directly, I would identify them for everyone else in the thread, and make fun of their lame propaganda.

  Then I would address their supervisor, and tell them that this guy was terrible at his job, that I clocked him within a few hours of his registration, and hed be better off at the beet processing factory. They would disappear almost immediately, with no pushback, confirmation they were frauds.

  Lemmy has fewer people, but so far all we’re really missing is the worst of Reddit.

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  • Apricot@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah I think I just naively didn’t notice until recently. I hate that the departure feels so political, because I mostly followed really chill subreddits. I don’t see as much active discussion here on Lemmy yet, but I love the fediverse concept and am here for seeing this place flourish.

    At ease soldier! Thanks for fighting the good fight. Are bots not so much a problem on Lemmy?

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    • RadicalCandour@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s really refreshing to see all these new accounts on Lemmy. I came here during the first mass exodus of Reddit almost 2 years ago. So I can tell you lemmy has come along way since then. It’s exciting to see its recent growth.

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    • barneypiccolo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I habent seen anything like the bot action on Reddit.

      I miss some great subreddits, especially a lot of cool guitar subs. I still look at them, but it does bother me that Im not able to give advice to new guitarists, or even tell luthiers how beautiful I think their guitars are.

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• SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Feel you. my 8 yr old alt (my only account left) mysteriously has had a total karma of zero.

  Since shortly after election strangely enough. Wonder what happened there /s.

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