Admins did take steps against far-right instances. But I didn’t mean politics, but more stuff like Redditors coming here and trying to import toxic stuff that Reddit used to allow, the whole “I’m gonna stalk you and downvote you everywhere” retaliation mentality because of karma, the low-effort comments and the flame-baits (which Reddit loved since it created more engagement) etc…
I’ve seen enough “stop the steal” and other MAGA nonsense unaddressed here currently has me worried it’ll be /r/politics all over again, unfortunately.
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
livus@kbin.social 1 year ago
I've already seen a couple of downvote-you-everywhere people being called out for doing it (votes are accessible in ActivityPub, and very easy to see in kbin).
I don't think it's as easy for them to flourish here.
PineapplePartisan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Shills, activists, trolls, state actors, and advertisers follow the eyeballs. They don’t give a crap if it is on the fediverse or some other platform.
If the fediverse capabilities can’t evolve to provide controls, then it’s doomed to failure. It’s already bad enough that bot accounts will create a new community then spam the crap out of it to appear on the “hot” view. Expect this to be turbocharged as the US enters another election cycle.