Who are those guys? They posted a thread on my instance trying to get people over to exploding heads... They don't seem to have all their horses in the stable, if you know what I mean.

I'm fresh to lemmy so know very little in relation. But put that way makes more sense. Group of known trolls who move one to another to degrade and break the network.

Isn't it possible to enable an automod feature for keywords or something across lemmy? I would image that would help.

Hi there, what do the symbols before and after your username mean? I'm in Jerboa. I see silhouettes of orange and pink shields?

Not just that; at this point it's impossible to dismiss that State-sponsored actors are a thing and must be considered in our threat models. If an instance is unmoderated, be sure for-profit trolls will arrive and start wreaking havoc there.

Mmmm

Idk man I’m not convinced it’s the theory’s fault and not the implementation.

In other words, if people were more respectful of each other and were more understanding of the difference between real objective truths and subjective opinions, it wouldn’t be so bad. However with how high the stakes are for a lot of these various discussion points I can’t blame them and people want to do the right thing and fight loyally for their own side which translates to aggression for most (sadly)

Idk man bein a human is complex

I would not support uniting with those trolls in any way. I had not even looked at it beforehand. I agree that being divided sucks. But I think it's important to remember that there are still good people out there, even if we don't agree on everything. We need to find ways to come together and work towards a better future, even if it's not always easy.

If I create a social media account and identify as left-leaning, I am bombarded with extremist right-wing content. The opposite is true if I identify as right-leaning. This has ruined social media for me, which is why I immediately blocked the news and political communities on Lemmy.

I do not identify as either left-wing or right-wing. I share views that are generally considered to be down the middle. This is true for the majority of people I know, who used to be called independents but now undecided. I guess thats why when an entire group is called out, it rubs me the wrong way.

Muddy what waters? Maybe see more of my replies for context.

Who are we talking about "They’re literally conservative religious people", as in the rammy trolls or everyone right leaning? Because I already agreed the 20secs I saw the homepage it was unmodded, uncensored crazies.

Where does the middle east come in here, you say it like I'm already supposed to know. I also said, I block news and politics, left other social networks because of all the politics.

I started this as in, why divide and basically make tribes like "Anyone in a different party is bad". And I never said left or right was worse, I said I've had the bad luck from coming across both but that don't mean all left or all right is all bad...

Yeah, I don't blame you. It didn't take more than 20 seconds on the homepage for me to leave. Those posters are by far extremist, conspiracy nuts.