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this is kind of a niche issue but: if you are getting weird and hostile responses that feel a little off, there are some folks on here making accounts that automatically reply to large quantities of posts in a vaguely hostile manner. you can ignore them, and also, it's not personal

you are no longer on twitter
@twitter.rip

i believe the way those work is they're hooked up to chatgpt or something like that and they just reply in really high volumes; you can identify them by looking at their reply tab and seeing if they're talking faster than anyone could reasonably type.

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Tilmon Edwards (Dirigo)
@tilmonedwards.com

I think a lot of it is this: internetisscary.org/2024/11/20/f... - this is a big tactic of both foreign and domestic deception ops. Their goal is to poison the cultural well and make it difficult for us to have good-faith conversations with each other.

internetisscary.orgFalse Flag Trolls and the Art of Friendly FireFalse flag trolls wear your team’s jersey while scoring own goals – here’s how to spot the players trying to sink your movement from within.
DaveEdwardsPiano
@daveedwardspiano.bsky.social

As for what these are for, experts on propaganda and fascism point out that their purpose it not necessarily to convince you to a particular worldview, but rather to destroy the idea of a common, knowable truth. They are to get you not to believe anything.

Sparkapus Human
@sparkapus.bsky.social

The amount of energy wasted is scary. Obscenity farms... It is a shame we can't individually cope and push back. But I hope collectively people can. I would love to follow more people who understand the backers and motives of these wasteful ventures. (?)

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and also i want to be really clear that if you get this you didn't DO anything to provoke this kind of weird automated behavior, they're really just siccing the bot on everyone and your account happened to come up.

Small But Mighty Quinn
@smallmightyquinn.bsky.social

I vet everyone. I’m surprised to see some people with 20k plus followers that have two or three re-posts and/or replies. I don’t go near those, sorry!🤷‍♀️ Gotta be careful, Resisters💙 If you see someone suspicious, report it to BlueSky