Yeah this shit is getting out of hand.

I do like that posters who seem ro manually post filter the stuff from other sites which in my opinion increases the average quality of posts. Reddit is a tidal wave with a few gems. The fediverse is mostly the gems, like using cheesecloth in a strainer.

You'd go to reddit?

They’ll make two new accounts by next week so good luck.

I'm out here in New/ 1hr / all fighting for my fucking life

We're still here, but! do we have good taste?

Not when they create new accounts constantly.

They actively discourage new users, and engagement.

Time2lose is almost definitely u/sanitation after he got torn apart in his "everyone who doesn't like my repost bot is wrong" post. They're using the same software that trunctates post titles. They're both clearly Russian and have made some anti-ukraine comments.

And not to get all conspiratorial but it is a biiit suspicious that a Russian bot is spamming tabloids to the US news communities when we're approaching an important election. At the very least, it's annoying as fuck.

I don't think the user you're talking about in the top post is the same, though. Different posting styles, totally different content. I also don't think it's the same person as the (thankfully dead) SteamAndEpic account, either, though that one was also Russian. Just a lazy spammer this time.

Wholly agreed with your conclusion, though.

[Edit] I also don't think ooli is the same user as oldman for similar reasons

He's like 14 or at least has the brain of one. I hate the sexist shit he always posts. Let's keep 4chan shit like that on 4chan

📡📡📡 Lazy-ass poster with dumb emoji titles

Is that the incel on shit posting?

I like to frequent HackerNews for some of the discussions there, but... my god, the front page just turns me off. I do a quick glance, see if anything isn't some not-so-subtly covert advert for an LLM product, and just navigate away.

There are some alternative front pages (https://elijahpotter.dev/hnsansai) to make it bearable, but even then

I use a lot less internet than I used to because of it.

You're right, that'd be a really useful heuristic. I comment way more than I post, but whenever I do post, I always make sure to reply to at least a few of the comments people leave. It feels almost like a duty, and I'd feel bad if I didn't at least try.

That kind of check is easily evaded. Consider this bot posting automatic, what prevents it from replying to some comments by running it through AI?

Reddit is getting increasingly wonky. Picked up a ban for calling a racist a racist. I'm being hateful. Um, okay?

Years.

Same time sexy pig boy abandoned his users.

Longer. Haven't looked back

as soon as they fully force the logins, and if on mobile using thier apps is when people star leaving in droves. but people are addicted to certain sub like sports.

This is a lemmy problem.

I think thats part of OPs tag for the user

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