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Uptick in inflammatory posts (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
submitted 4 days ago by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Has anyone else noticed this, across the fediverse, Lemmy specifically. A lot of new users, but also a lot of first posts that are very inflammatory/rage baity.

Do we have another legit influx of new users? Or do we just have some bad actors trying to stir the pot? Or maybe I'm imagining it.

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[โ€“] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I used to see new accounts with weird names posting long AMAs in the !askmeanything@lemmy.ca community.

Are those LLM bots or are they real users?

[โ€“] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 4 days ago

Unsure personally, but I'm keeping an eye on it personally