• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The constant chasing of low hanging fruit. Doesn’t matter if it’s seeking the upvotes for a cheap quip on a serious subject or reposting the same old shit trying to get upvotes.

    Reposts. We don’t need a constant churn of popularity seekers.

    The hive mind. Really bad in big subs on reddit. Probably inevitable in any large online group, but reddit can be unreasonably bad.

    Bots.

    • magnetosphere@fedia.io
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      4 months ago

      The hive mind might already be here, depending on who you ask. I was already left/progressive, though, so it just feels like hanging out with like-minded people.

      Jerks I can do without, but they’re unavoidable. Simply not engaging with them seems to work best.

      • Parsizzle@lemm.eeEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I feel like to a point it might be, but to a point in today’s age and internet - everything is an echo chamber so it’s turned into a “pick ypur poison” kind of thing.

        That being said, open discourse and actual conversation seems more prevalent and easier to come by here then on reddit which is very nice.

        • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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          4 months ago

          That being said, open discourse and actual conversation seems more prevalent and easier to come by here then on reddit which is very nice.

          A result of decentralization. There absolutely are instances full of insufferable whatevers for many varieties of whatever, but being decentralized makes it a lot harder for them to utterly own all discussion on a topic in the way that often happens on Reddit.

        • 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de
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          4 months ago

          I think the different instances help with that, as it encourages at least some interaction outside of your direct bubble…

          That said when Hexbear re-enable federation I very much doubt “open discourse” or “actual conversation” will be the results

          • Parsizzle@lemm.eeEnglish
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            4 months ago

            Oh I hadn’t heard about that. Could you elaborate at all or point me in the direction of some more info?

              • Golden Cow@lemm.ee
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                4 months ago

                You are a shameful liar.

                Doxxing is explicitly against their code of conduct: “Do not publish, comment, message, or post personally identifiable information about other users. We also strongly discourage posting any personally identifiable information about yourself.” They are the only instance that doesn’t log IP addresses in their database and scrubs meta-data from any image uploaded there.

                Where are their communities dedicated to brigading? There is no actual proof of them doing anything like that, more so it is the most active instance (4.9 million comments) so anyone posting blatant lies like you will be confronted.

                Hexbears troll and give personal attacks against either those that start it with them or people who are racist, homophobic, transphobic, or ableist.

                • 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de
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                  4 months ago

                  And the US doesn’t torture prisoners. And Russia didn’t invade Ukraine. And nothing happened in China on 4th June 1989…

                  The rules are completely unenforced, and also generally don’t apply for actions against people on other instances. Take a look at slop as the biggest example where they link to other instances and swathes of Hexbear users go brigade that post without even taking the time to factcheck, and look around at their other communities and you’ll find plenty of similar ones.

  • Rose56@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Random persons(bots) writing their story of their life in comments. Karma farming, which leads to nothing but trying to show off or push propaganda.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I’ve noticed a lack of “thathappened” type of stories. Either people here value their privacy or don’t feel the need to lie to farm nonexistent karma.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Too late, but at least alternatives pop up more quickly here. I’m not going near any of the 196 coms, but it’s a good example of how little power bad mods here have.

  • blarth@thelemmy.club
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    4 months ago

    Suppression of discussion through mega/weekly/monthly threads.

    Post requirements that result in posting anything nearly impossible.

    Fucking stupid rules for mods to abuse with their dork ass internet powarz.

    Clear corporate astroturfing.

  • Komodo Rodeo@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Mod impunity, brigading, bots, reposts, repost bots, banning of 3rd-party apps, abuse of suicide prevention system by bad actors. Aside from the forum-specific culture, the site’s frequent failure to upload/post comments, which sometimes resulted in 100% loss of more detailed responses, was incredibly disappointing (I’m still Ctr-C’ing all comments everywhere as a force of habit to guarantee it won’t happen 5+ times/day).

  • meyotch@slrpnk.net
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    4 months ago

    “Leopard-face” replies masquerading as a substantive comment that adds something to the discussion.

    It’s really no better than: “This”

  • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Karma and comment requirements to participate in communities. Plus how hard it is for your submission to actually be approved.

    This one is inevitable but people going through your whole comment history when arguing with you.

  • Clbull@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Novelty/troll accounts. I’ve seen a lot of them pop up on Reddit over the years. The most infamous one I remember was one called Gradual_****** (yes, the n-word) that would type out ordinary replies that would gradually switch to ebonics.

    • shawn1122@lemm.eeEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I recall that from many years ago. Some of the wayward white American culture on that site is definitely off putting. That user was generally received well which says a lot about the soul of a community (or if it even has one).