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[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

New bit idea: making a bluesky account with a donut and a US flag in the name and posting things like "As a somewhat conservative liberal, Stalin was right and he shouldn't have stopped at Berlin".

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

That account would make a lot of libs mad. And they'd get even madder when they discovered/realized it was a novelty account.

[–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

The only thing libs know about Stalin is Stalin bad and Russian.

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Go fishing for nuts and you'll inevitably find them.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now I'm wondering if I should ditch my bland Bluesky avi for something that's just the right level of provocative to get a hell of a lot more engagement. An RFJ Jr. might be the Goldilocks Zone. Hmm...

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh by all means, go ham.

I'm the last guy who will tell you not to do an RFK Jr avatar

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's called the "capitalist bootlicking coward" mute button

[–] makotech222@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tbh if i see a hammer+sickle on twitter, they're almost always a grifter/someone trying to build a media brand.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

I don't know anything about him. But in the 60+ seconds I spent looking at his profile I assumed he was Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferer with a broken brain. They seem to all have the same POV - if you don't think the worst thing in the universe is Trump - you are the enemy.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Insufferable libs are insufferable.

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The chutzpah of this guy. He reposted this recently.

The 4 dark laws of online engagement:

  1. Negativity bias drives headline clicks
  2. Extreme opinions drive in-group sharing
  3. Out-group animosity drives engagement
  4. "Moral-emotional" language goes viral

I discuss our research on the dark side of virality...

https://bsky.app/profile/jayvanbavel.bsky.social/post/3kpsdl44viy2c

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

I guess the Bluesky algo has started feeding me "hammer and sickle" discourse. I'm muting the phrase at least for now.

Genuinely, it's getting to the point where I see a hammer and sickle in someone's username/bio and I know that very soon after presenting them with facts, they will completely shut down and isolate themselves further in their disinformation sphere.

https://bsky.app/profile/mike10010100.bsky.social/post/3kpssyig42u2i

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i had to get off bluesky got sick of people saying i have to vote for joe biden

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

I just learned two things are far more common than I thought. "Sign in" posts and like farming posts (in particular with bullshit news). On the upside - I started focusing on small accounts where people actually do stuff - play guitar, take photos etc. But politically - I assume most of the accounts with 10,000s of followers are libs. Being a lib is the norm there.

Every once in a while I check clearsky.app to see who's blocking me. A recent account is a guy with this as a bio...

Reaganite technologist in Northern Virginia

He's going to be very lonely - haha.

[–] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

give that man a wedgie

[–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Is it possible not to shid and fard every time someone challenges my neoliberal worldview?