• Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    So if I see a bot, I should treat it like a real person, because calling out bots is an “attack”?

    What else is an attack? Calling out trolls? Do we need to act like they’re acting in good faith?

    What about disagreement? Am I going to get in trouble for telling you that you’re doing a bad job as a mod for running protection for bots and trolls?

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        3 months ago

        So if I see propaganda, and my peers are falling for it, you expect me to say nothing and delegate power to you, so you can sanitize your community. But my peers? They can stay fooled…

        No. If I see something, I’m going to say something, because people should share with the community (not just its leaders) when they see something suspicious.

        Propaganda only works if we don’t call it out. Bots are run by people with agendas, and everyone here is target.

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          3 months ago

          You can counter something without accusing them of being a bot or a foreign agent, but yes, also report it.