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[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Does the head tankie roach have any activity on the Lemmy code repo? Or is it only that other one who does PR?

Or perhaps he has a script to run fake check-ins (renaming something and then renaming it back).

Genuinely curious!

[–] cm0002@piefed.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's actual activity, nothing compared to Nutomics commits though. Not that Nutomic is much better, but he isn't always in the modlog censoring and pushing narratives all the time like dessalines is also

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I do wonder if it's a more "pretending to work"; technically doing something, but nothing too difficult or productive.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

As I've said before, if Dessalines spent half as much time developing Lemmy as he did censoring dissent, Lemmy might actually get somewhere. As it stands now, Piefed's looking like a much better platform and only improving, with none of the problematic devs.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

I feel attacked!

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I know it's an unpopular opinion here but shill-calling is trolling and deleting such comments is the correct thing to do in any online community.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

Randomly shill calling is trash.

Bringing receipts is fine.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly I don’t think accusing people of being shills without firm evidence should be tolerated. 90% of the time these are just witch hunts against people with different views.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ah yes, like the droves of completely legitimate accounts that are hours old and post exclusively in meanwhileongrad and tankiejerk

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's all one dude, a nutjob named Antiyanks. Just report them whenever you see them, they get sniped pretty quickly since they are only here to hurl abuse.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

A lot of people on Lemmy rotate through accounts. I don’t find that alone suspicious.