Against Astroturfing and Social Media Manipulation

!fediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Since the lemmyverse is rather small, this community, while of a relevant topic only saw a couple posts per month and limited discussion. On top of that, the only mod of this community (me) is having health problems and is unsure whether I will be able to be active as a moderator.

This has led to the decision of “merging” this community with !fediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.com, which is larger and has a more generalised topic. The theme of the community we are merging with is very much linked to astroturfing, and so any content that relates to astroturfing will likely fit there. In the future, it may be open to discussion to re-open this community, if lemmy has a larger userbase. But as of now, it makes little sense to have a community with a couple posts a month, when these posts would still be relevant and be seen by more in a larger community.

Here’s the link again !fediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.com.

A special thanks to @flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com (the head mod of !fediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.com) for making this possible.

If you have any thoughts or concerns about this, you’re welcome to share them in the comments below.