this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
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So, I started blocking accounts that don't engage with the stuff I post and just make personal attacks. After blocking these handful of accounts all the harassment stopped entirely. Vast majority of people on the lemmyverse are across different instances aren't attacking other people. There are just a handful of really active trolls out there, and I think the best policy might be to just start blocking them when we see them.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I do think it would be good to have a policy to ban users who show a pattern of not engaging constructively.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We have been banning liberals liberally. Some trolls are good at their job and are able to bait ten or so replies with low effort regurgitation of PragerU level talking points before getting reported.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not me, I report at the slightest whiff of troll/liberalism zoidberge salute 2

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Report first, then engage! 😁

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

lol.. pragerU level taking points.. that made me chuckle

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could we ban accounts under like a month old and/or with no post history? I wonder how many that would stop

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of people like to lurk and we shouldn't discourage them from participating when they feel up to it. I'd give people the benefit of the doubt since there seem to be only a handful of trolls around.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago