I also noticed when good threads break through, they hijack top comments with popular distractions. i.e. instead of talking about new information, they will be like, "Epstein didn't kill himself!" (he didn't) or related hot topic. That way they can slide real information down the thread.
There's a specific term for this and IIRC it was first used by Chinabots. They can't entirely control the information that is going to be spread, so instead, they try to flood and muddy it with irrelevant annoying bullshit.
Yup! I hate to by the asshole (because I know some newbie theorists really are just excited to talk about those topics), but I think I'm going to start calling it out directly.
I also noticed when good threads break through, they hijack top comments with popular distractions. i.e. instead of talking about new information, they will be like, "Epstein didn't kill himself!" (he didn't) or related hot topic. That way they can slide real information down the thread.
There's a specific term for this and IIRC it was first used by Chinabots. They can't entirely control the information that is going to be spread, so instead, they try to flood and muddy it with irrelevant annoying bullshit.
Yup! I hate to by the asshole (because I know some newbie theorists really are just excited to talk about those topics), but I think I'm going to start calling it out directly.