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Does anyone else notice an uptick of extreme troll accounts? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by ettyblatant@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I swear, ~~every time~~ most of the time I see someone being particularly rude, ignorant, and inappropriate on a post (usually political in origin, or they swing it to being political) I click on their profile and see it has been created that same day.

They are only there to sow discord. Only to piss people off. Idk if we can just report them (for what?) but I'd like to try exposing them before responding and interacting..

I am guilty of gobbling up the bait. I've started looking at profiles of people that piss me off exceptionally and noticed they're burner bot loser accounts.

I guess i just want to say I've noticed it!

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[–] Ginger666@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You shouldn't have to do a fucking DOD level background check on someone typing shit on the internet...

Prolly lots of bots...

[–] ShadowRam@fedia.io 21 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I just blocked a user, because I just kept seeing their name pop up and commenting on 'everything'

Account created 9 months ago with 15000+ Comments That's like 60 comments a day.

Bot or not, someone with that many comments a day needs to go outside and experience life before posting their opinion on fucking everything.

[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

Was it Flying Squid? I see them comment multiple times in nearly every thread I'm in.

EDIT: 30,000 comments in 10 months. Jesus.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Flying squid was the guy with health issues that went to Mayo to try to get help. Spent like two weeks just waiting for appointments. On his last day there he got some good news on a diagnosis. When he came to share it people had shit all over him. We never got to find out what happened.

[–] The_Overseer@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 months ago

Died . rip good guy too from the jist of it

Title

[–] Syn_Attck 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Or Viking Hippie, or some of the other names we've seen everywhere. Reminds me of maxwellhill on reddit. I don't know how someone can read that post and then come to any other conclusion than Ghislane Maxwell was maxwellhill, but when you search maxwellhill, the articles are all refuting it while not touching on many or any of the commonalities in that thread.

Guess we'll know when we start seeing the same few names pop up as mods for top communities.

[–] wellee@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Nah they're just an active user with good memes

[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

Hey man, some people just shit post at work all day... and have a crippling addiction.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

I might be able to do 60 in a day but not consistantly over 9 months.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

What’s even funnier (sadder let’s be honest), is some of them are memed like they are some god in some of these communities they spam relentlessly.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

I feel attacked!

(j/k, keep up the good work)