I notice a large number of ragebait-y political communities being spun up by new users with thousands of posts & ai profile header photos. I notice comment sections are more acrimonious, and foreign disinfo talking points are circulating a lot more prolifically than before the US election started ramping up.

Anyone else notice this? Any idea on how to combat it on this platform? Are there any communities built around creating block lists of obvious troll/ai/disinfo accounts & communities?

  • Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com
    292·
    4 months ago

    Just blocked politics & news and my quality of life instantly jumped 200%. I highly recommend it. If something significant happens, you’ll read about it in another community.

    • Alienmonkey@lemm.ee
      3·
      4 months ago

      Filter out the names of the candidates and a couple of crazy billionaires and you can even keep the news subs.

    • imposedsensation@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      53·
      4 months ago

      Me too. I had been getting really agitated, and others too, but it became so obvious that it was foreign influence trolls. Blocked politics, but it’s especially concerning because most people aren’t going to block politics.