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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Of course they are. After all the allure of spreading fake news anonymously is strong indeed. In such environment default stance is trolling and conscious effort is required to not to when there are no consequences.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

they are definitely a troll and I’m with you on that. there is always a slim possibility there is someone who will read this shit and actually swallows it. So it’s exhausting when so many bots and trolls suck up time of others who are trying to run triage.

And yeah, I wish there were better and more effective consequences than ‘tell a mod’ cuz that doesn’t do shit on meta or Reddit or x

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Advanced trolls are almost indistinguishable except that they seemingly drastically change opinions every other comment. Best you can do is just refute the comment as it is and quickly end it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just click on the username and read their comment history. It's pretty simple.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

We should train a neural network that will detect this. We have the technology. Create a profile of political views and likes of a user, and if it is too chaotic, eliminate the dissenter with a well-placed Improvised Explosive Device.

Alternatively, we can carry out a precise air strike on the subversive element. For example with a General Atomics MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft.