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what's the asshole mitigation plan? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by bobaduk@lemmy.world 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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[-] andobando@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Why do people care about preserving their "identity" and posts so much? This was never a thing in the old internet.

[-] ultimate_question@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] andobando@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] Whisipp@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year 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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