Do like I do, and downvote all low effort posts. Shill and slide threads are always low effort since they win on volume not quality. And for God's sake, stop engaging them. You're giving them visibility. They will appear on hot because you guys can't resist the urge to engage the shills.
This. I'm learning more and more that the above approach is our best option for dealing with interference and hostile behavior. Many individuals don't engage us for the purpose of honest debate, they do it to either drown out an important topic or soak up our most important resource (time.)
Do like I do, and downvote all low effort posts. Shill and slide threads are always low effort since they win on volume not quality. And for God's sake, stop engaging them. You're giving them visibility. They will appear on hot because you guys can't resist the urge to engage the shills.
This. I'm learning more and more that the above approach is our best option for dealing with interference and hostile behavior. Many individuals don't engage us for the purpose of honest debate, they do it to either drown out an important topic or soak up our most important resource (time.)