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In case you need a reminder (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de to c/memes@lemmy.world
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Edit, since people are now seeing this post who did not see the the reason for it:

At the time of creating and posting this, there was an account that was created using a well known username and spamming extremly transphobic hate posts. Some users were starting to interact with this very obvious troll, so I thought it might be a good idea to generally remind people how to treat these trolls. This is not about some light hearted banter or good faith jokes, this is about trolls that are truly only about spreading hate.

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[-] other_cat@piefed.zip 3 points 11 hours ago

The irony of people arguing with OP.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 12 hours ago

There's only so many trolls on the internet because of people bridging their network. If there were no bridges, the trolls would have no where to live. 😌

[-] Inucune@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

I won't feed the trolls, but you (moderation) will in part need to remove them from under the bridges and banish them from the town squares. You may even have to remove them from your own ranks.

[-] Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 37 points 1 day ago

Instance block chatgptjailbreak.tech. Another set of problems solved.

[-] GoldenDeLorean@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Could someone please explain how to block an instance from boost for Lemmy, or if I had to do it from lemmy.org?

[-] adhd_traco@piefed.social 4 points 20 hours ago

Sure. Click your profile top right -> settings -> Blocks -> Block instance

[-] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago

You’d really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and be an asshole?

[-] Zagam@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago

Hey discord, my age verification is that I remember when trolls were named after people that went trolling for fights and flame wars by leaving a trail of bait-posts.

Either way though, don't feed the trolls and stop making stupid people famous.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

stop making stupid people famous.

um, i would like to apply for an exception please. some day i would like to be famous for a piece of art i make eventually and i am very, very stupid.

[-] Zagam@piefed.social 3 points 19 hours ago

Ha. Fair enough but if you make art, thats not the kind of stupid I mean,

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

oh it's a worse stupid. there was a dude who once put a bunch of oversized beach umbrellas every 50 meters along the spanish riviera for like 20 miles (i think i'm remembering the story right) and it was gorgeous and everything and a beautiful work of art until the wind picked up and not all of the umbrellas were 100% solidly anchored because beach wind and so they started rolling down the coast and like those things are sharp and if i recall he got charged with involuntary environmental ecoterrorism and i've always kind of been inspired by that

i'm thinking something with kudzu

[-] Zagam@piefed.social 2 points 12 hours ago

Thats fucking awesome. Its like a cross of Andy Goldsworthy, Christo, and the Cat in the Hat.

If you ever need a hand, I'm right here.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

thank you i will definitely need a second getaway driver

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 22 hours ago

this is the only definition of an internet troll I know

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

That person really has a hate boner for the 2 people they are impersonating.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

Lemmy has about 100 active users and seven of them are 50 of them.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I actively run 12 accounts, myself! You wouldn't believe how much self-arguing we do!

this is a joke

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Okay but do you ever lose an argument?

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 12 hours ago

Oddly enough, every single one.

[-] Mac@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Nice try, pal.

[-] Mac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago

You guys are hilarious. /eyeroll

[-] 0ops@piefed.zip 5 points 18 hours ago

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

If you block a troll, then you will no longer be able to report or monitor their bad behavior. So the problem isn't solved.

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 19 hours ago

That's why the steps are ordered this way. First report, then block. And if you want to, you can view the reported post while logged out, check modlogs, etc.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

I meant future bad behavior. A lot of people view blocking as a last resort and I think that's a valid viewpoint.

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 19 hours ago

Just read my post text. This is about accoints that usually should get banned outright anyway.

[-] HuePony@lemmy.ml 4 points 18 hours ago

They using new one day accounts that will be deleted in 24 hours, so its useless to block them

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

<.< This is an odd observation to be posted with a one day old account… 😅

[-] Flames5123@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

I block for my mental health. Bad behavior is for the moderators to worry about. I got enough shit going on in my life to be a vigilante on lemmy.

[-] CXORA@aussie.zone 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Surely not seeing their content does fix the problem.

  • This person's comments and posts are making my experience worse
  • block
  • no longer see their comments and posts
  • experience no longer being damaged by their comments and posts.
[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Right, obviously blocking works for individuals. Just not for the wider community, as banning does.

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[-] BillyClark@piefed.social 5 points 20 hours ago

Don't feed the trolls. Report, block, move on

Very good advice. But if you have some sort of personality defect that makes you occasionally engage with trolls like I do, here is some additional advice:

Make your comment less effort than the trolls. Don't argue every point. Focus on their weakest point.

Essentially, if you can't resist responding to a troll because you're an idiot like me, make it like one short sentence where you point out their biggest mistake, and then if they respond to you and you respond back, keep doing that and never let them change the subject. At least you're causing them to waste effort.

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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 5 points 22 hours ago

famine is not a moderation policy

[-] Una@europe.pub 8 points 1 day ago

Can I eat the trolls? 🥺

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago

I won't kinkshame.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

You can. But it hurts to pass their little tummy gems. Those don't digest.

[-] Siethron@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

What if their untrue statement is purely for a really good pun?

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