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[–] 26 points 2 months ago (10 children)

If you block everything you don't like, you end up in an echo chamber with no possibility of new perspective. Learning and Insight require thesis and antithesis. If there's anything you should block, it's rude, agitating, insulting rageladen discussions or users. Those also hinder Insight and new perspectives.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    I agree, but with so many bots around I think there has been a concerted effort to obfuscate the truth, so it’s a balance for sure

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    If you find an unlabeled bot, most admins will ban them.

    So far every time I've seen someone claim Lemmy is full of bots, they haven't been able to identify 1 unlabled bot.

    And its not even hard, there are users that AI slop in arguments, so I think its literally just people wanting an excuse to dismiss viewpoints they don't like.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I was talking about the internet as a whole, I don’t know the specific security or botness of Lemmy, I’ve not found one so far as far as I can tell. Most users Ive seen have pretty long histories with varying opinions.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Who is a confirmed bot? Me? What would I say to show Im not a bot? We all use VPNs. Do typos prove you aren’t a bot? Ask me to bake a cake or something.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Ok. Bake a chocolate cake with cherry glazing. Send it to my address in less than 5 business days or you will be forever labeled as a bot.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    I block US politics because it's same whining every day, that by and large has nothing to do with me. Even though I'd like to learn occasionally what new entertaining stuff the pedofascist came up with, I don't think I'm missing much, and I'm getting closer to the last frame from the OP.

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