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Anon finds a bot (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 120 points 10 months ago (7 children)

huge number of people who make controversial statements (particularly those who are pro-russia) have their profiles set to hidden so you can't see what else they have posted

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  • [–] 83 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    That is very much the first people I would expect making use of that feature, yes.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I use it, just because some people’s first reaction in an argument is to look you up. While if you hide it then googling you takes longer and is not ordered properly. Hell a while back I replied to someone about my opinion on something and the first thing he said is “a guy who’s into x hobby can’t seriously have valid opinions”. So yes, since then, my profile is private.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago

    Then you're not one of the bad actors I'm concerned about. The problem with this change is that there's no way for other people to tell the difference. If I have suspicions about the motivations of the person (assuming they are a person) I'm interacting with, and I cannot disprove those suspicious to my own satisfaction, that leaves me with two rational options: 1) Blind faith, which in an anonymous Internet context is particularly unjustifiable, or 2) To assume bad faith and act accordingly.

    This has some really unfortunate consequences.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Huh. How hard is it to make a browser extension that automatically down votes posts by any such person? Asking for people who might still be on there.

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