Another really interesting thing is the way they conduct themselves in the comments during a back-and-forth. It’s a separate set of behaviors from the low-effort comment “mode,” but it’s still a very recognizable way of interacting.
They never come off the main point. It basically doesn’t matter what anyone says, they’ll basically just stick to the same script of two or three main arguments, and they’ll just keep saying them over and over (and they don’t seem to be interested in stopping, ever).
They frequently tell other people in the conversation what the other people believe. Of course, plenty of real human Lemmy users do this too, the weird accounts don’t have a monopoly on it. But these go to it a lot more shamelessly and consistently (often just straight-up ignoring other people’s statements completely.) Look at the whole exchange that starts with “Are you trying to say chicago doesn’t have a problem with violence?” “No.” and really just kind of study the pattern of the conversation. It’s almost like a Magic 8 Ball, where one participant is just repeating a variety of the exact same thing, over and over, without regard for anything else going on in the conversation. Well, it’s not “almost like” that, it is that.
Their non-cover-argument participation almost always lines up with some kind of stock talking point or other, and there’s usually a variety. Again, just look at the profile, and this time focus on the talking points: There’s social media censorship, big cities are violent and dangerous, Democrats are bad, it’s like a little bingo card. But they don’t argue for them. They just repeat them, forcing them into the mental landscape, in a little waiting-on-hold-message type loop.
This one’s actually a little bit unusual in that their messaging is lining up with traditional MAGA messaging. I honestly have no idea what’s up with that. Most of the time, they’re on a little bit of a different script (like Russian ones will talk about “deindustrialization,” they’ll be mad about green energy, they’ll obviously have stuff to say about Ukraine, they also don’t like Democrats, and so on.)
I spent way too much time arguing with dbzer0 people yesterday, and I never once got the impression that anyone I was talking with was any kind of propaganda operation. It’s not just that someone’s “not with me” and so I jump to that they’re obviously one of the weird accounts. But, yes, this is definitely one of the weird accounts.
If I’m not with you, I’m against you.
That’s how tribalism works and you’re clearly not above it.
I’m going to block you now because you don’t have anything relevant or constructive to say.
Another really interesting thing is the way they conduct themselves in the comments during a back-and-forth. It’s a separate set of behaviors from the low-effort comment “mode,” but it’s still a very recognizable way of interacting.
This one’s actually a little bit unusual in that their messaging is lining up with traditional MAGA messaging. I honestly have no idea what’s up with that. Most of the time, they’re on a little bit of a different script (like Russian ones will talk about “deindustrialization,” they’ll be mad about green energy, they’ll obviously have stuff to say about Ukraine, they also don’t like Democrats, and so on.)
I spent way too much time arguing with dbzer0 people yesterday, and I never once got the impression that anyone I was talking with was any kind of propaganda operation. It’s not just that someone’s “not with me” and so I jump to that they’re obviously one of the weird accounts. But, yes, this is definitely one of the weird accounts.