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meme not so funny

And yes, to refute some comments, this publication is being upvoted by bots. A single computer was needed, not “thousands of dollars” spent.

  • chiisana@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Lemmy is very “open” right now; some might say by design, other might say flawed. OP is maybe coming from a good place and actually wants to help, but instead of doing it tactfully, OP is becoming the exact thing they’re advocating against — a spammer posting garbage.

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      1 year ago

      Meh, at least it’s driving engagement. There’s going to be friction for the time being as people are all mixed together into these communities. I’m sure plenty of casuals were engaged by this post, as it has over 1k upvotes.

      But yeah I didn’t even notice his username is alert. I’m still on high alert for Reddit shills trying to destabilize this platform, though. Just say the word and I’ll come over and verbally defenestrate any shill that might appear.