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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[–] Auth@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Im new but ive noticed a ton of slop news is spammed by the same handful of accounts only. None of the articles add anything new or provide a unique perspective. Then its spammed over all the news subs. Its annoying but im not a mod what can i do.

I think that slop news posts are intentionally inflammatory because they add no new information and only seek to evoke an emotional reaction.

[–] socialsecurity@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago

Either block the user or the community.