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what's the asshole mitigation plan? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
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So far Lemmy is vibing. Everyone here is excited and optimistic and willing to put up with a few rough spots to be part of something.

When the Eternal September comes, which it will, how does a Lemmy instance deal with bad actors?

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[โ€“] 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

The old internet didn't have an all encompassing issue with bots and bad actors trying to gain your trust, a public post history is basically the closest thing a person can have to a trustable identity online, it's not a perfect solution but it helps

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago* (4 children)

    I am not sure I follow. I don't see where trust comes in when you're just reading random people's posts. I guess if you wanted to do moderation or something. But I know a lot of people including myself purposely delete their reddit account and start over.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 3 years ago

    Hey this person is talking about this subject I have just heard of. I will at some point need to go validate their information but as a shortcut I can go look at their profile and see that they are well respected in communities dedicated to that subject. Therefore I can trust their information.

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    This person is asking questions that sound reasonable on the surface - but when I look at their post history I see they are active in some much more extreme communities and I'm able to form the conclusion that their apparently reasonable post may not be in good faith.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago

    if I'm unable to detect the tone or intentions of a comment I'll check that user's posts to get an idea, if someone has a history of not being an asshole I'm much more likely to give them the benefit of the doubt or want to engage with them. it also helps ID spam accounts

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    As for the moderation comment, I'm trying to mitigate this slightly by having an account with the same nick on 2-3 instances and modding myself on my communities on all of them. My hope is then if one of the identities goes away, I still have access from another one.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    There are accounts which farm karma artificially in order to raise the price of the account and sell it to another user. Accounts with a lot can be used for branding/free marketing, as they have legitimatcy and can gain followers through having a backlog of activity. I've also heard that people can use this legitimacy for propagandistic and misinformation reasons, although I don't think that can be confirmed.

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