• houseofleft@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    So, putting aside the questionable morals of this person. I’m not sure alt right reddit threads are the election swing spot they seem to think.

  • HlodwigFenrirson@lemm.eeFrançais
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    1 day ago

    I would have been so confused if I was still on reddit. Back then, downvotes were proof you were right and you triggered the woke hive, and upvotes meant you said obvious information, woke opinion or funny not offensive jokes. No upvotes/downvotes meant you said something either really thoughtfull or really boring.

  • LouNeko@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    This is the equivalent of not being able to get your crush to like you, so you pay hooker just to tell people you got a girlfriend.

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 day ago

    buying a bunch of upvotes on a website dominated by bot accounts is a very cost effective way to run an AstroTurf campaign

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      “I thought trump was a terrible person, but the updoots be changed my mind”

      Yeah sure. I mean there’s probably at least one or two feeble minded redditors like that but… Not a bunch. Especially if they’re confining themselves to right leaning subs.

  • Backlog3231@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Donnie did an AMA on reddit except it was a huge yuge disaster because he couldn’t comprehend that it wasn’t twitter and all his replies got buried haha

      • icedterminal@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Depends on ISP.

        If IPv4 ban, it is indeed 100% ineffective. Nearly all ISPs either CGNAT or rotate addresses. If IPv6, the ISP just forwards a 64 bit block and leaves it at that. You must call and request a new IP block. In which case you’ll be told yes or no. If yes, it’s either free or paid.

        I know with ATT Fiber, they don’t offer address changes unless there is some security or service interruption reason. You have to unplug the modem for 30+ days so the lease expires if you don’t want to do rounds with support. My IPv4 address has changed once, but my IPv6 address block has never changed.

        • atocci@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          With my “new” ISP, I gave up running my DDNS updater on my home server. It’s been years and the IPv4 address still hasn’t changed…

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    “It is unambiguous clear that our message is toxic and the majority of people reject our ideology and us with it. Therefore, the most logical solution is to create an artificial narrative via manipulation and vote-buying that makes it appear that people like us.” -these people probably

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Or… I run a reddit botnet, and Christmas is coming up. What’s the easiest group of rubes to fleece?

      • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 days ago

        It also worked with Reddit. The Palestine discourse there is utterly repulsive and gleefully genocidal.

          • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            2 days ago

            worldnews is absolutely surreal and awful. Country specific subreddits are also getting worse and worse.

            • Clbull@lemmy.world
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              2 days ago

              It’s hilariously ironic that I got banned from worldnews four years ago for criticizing the Saudi regime and how they use millennia-old scripture as justification to treat women horribly. Apparently that’s ‘bigotry.’

              Everything I hear about the toxicity of worldnews these days is baffling.

              • Saleh@feddit.org
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                2 days ago

                Well, Saudi Arabia is an ally in all but name to Israel. Also both countries have excellent ties to large swaths of US politics.

            • TommySoda@lemmy.world
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              2 days ago

              Holy shit you’re not wrong. I just browsed the top of the week on World News for a good twenty minutes and there wasn’t a single post about the thousands of civilians that have been killed. I didn’t see a single pro Palestine post and anybody talking about the literal war crimes being committed over there we’re just downvoted. I think I agree with your word choice of “surreal.” It feels like straight up propaganda and they are all falling for it. Every post about Israel was just saying something about how they’re taking out the terrorists.

  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Does they encourage people to buy upvotes in friendly subreddits? Either they are not friendly or them buying internet points is even more useless than I thought.

    • RandomVideos@programming.dev
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      2 days ago

      I think they are posting on “friendly” subreddits so their posts dont get deleted and buy upvotes so they are recommended to people browsing r/all

  • Kalysta@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Reddit was taken over by the right wing a long time ago. This person is out of the loop

      • Kalysta@lemm.ee
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        2 days ago

        The mods of the main subs have been getting progressively more right wing. And I consider the mainstream of the democrats right wing.

        They’re not MAGA but they’re basically moderate repubicans these days. And that is what has taken over the main subreddits.

      • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        It depends heavily on what sub you’re in for the mods and users,

        But yes, the admin team is very right leaning.