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(Meta) What's up with the recent influx of posts here and on nostupidquestions asking borderline insane questions as if written by people who have never encountered another human before? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)

submitted 2 days ago by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I don’t mean this in a rude way. Feels like the past week or so has had some bizarre questions asked.

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[–] Alice@beehaw.org 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Everyone's saying bots but I think some of it is human-generated ragebait. Like that person who posted twice like "why did my friend block me" with screenshots of them devolving into crytyping as they tell said friend how stupid they are for being autistic.

(I took that bait, don't judge, it was cathartic 😔)

As for why, I couldn't tell you. Maybe they're not getting enough engagement on Reddit anymore or maybe it's not fun because Reddit already hates autistic people and will side with them. Who knows.

[–] AuroraGlamour@lemmy.ml 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

What’s crytyping, I’ve never heard that word before 😅

I would sure hate to be that person, assuming it’s not an alt or someone who’s in on the bait (like their sibling pretending to be the other person)

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I guess it's more of a Tumblr term. It refers to when someone starts typing really sloppily to signify they're having a breakdown.

I guess it's kind of a mean term but I really think people should walk away from the keyboard if they get to that point.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 17 hours ago

I'm so fucking upset with you rin.im not even going to check what I'm saying and I'm adding a lil more to this to just pad it out and ooh I'm so angy with you grrr

That?

[–] AuroraGlamour@lemmy.ml 2 points 20 hours ago

Ohhh. I mean, she was still treating her friends like crap and that says a lot about her

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