Been browsing here for only a week and already have seen constant disinformation posted in almost every thread using only MSM talking points by these clowns: NelsonMandelaAffect Syrian barronwin newuserfromreddit MagaPede69 Eisenhorn Minuet If only the powers that be would pick some shills atleast somewhat capable of blending in. You fellows make the shills on Reddit look effective.
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Yep more or less same list of names I've noticed shilling here. You check their comment histories and 90% or more of their posts are just the usual "haha ur a retard" "cope, no evidence, debunked" "haha u racist lol" low IQ spammy crap. Unlike on 4chan for instance where they can post the same thing in every thread and not be tracked, here it is very transparent who the shills are. I think a good way to solve the problem would be to allow people to block other users so that their posts would then not show up to the user who decided to block them. That way eventually the shills would be shouting into the void, or preaching solely to the other low IQ. There is a block button here on posts, but it doesn't appear to actually do anything (or does it? I'm not very tech savvy) Or maybe if enough people report them, something would be done, but a good rule of thumb on any site like this is that the moderators are compromised, so it's best to avoid invoking them altogether.
Voat didn't seem to have a big issue with shilling. There were some, but they never succeeded in derailing discussion, whereas here these users you listed quicky turn some threads into cesspools. I wonder how they did it so successfully at voat, anyone know?
On Voat, you had to reach a certain amount of CCP (comment contribution points, ie upovted comments) to both post your own thread and also dish out downvotes. So in principle, only valued members of the community could downvote and post threads. I use "valued" lightly, I obviously just mean people who have proven themselves to be not shilling low-life losers.
IIRC It was 10 for a post, and 100 for a downvote. Maybe not a perfect system, but better than the free for all that's unravelled here.
Idk guys, I'd rather just decide for myself using my brain to decide who is shilling than start censoring people like reddit does. Thats half the reason I'm here now.
That's why I think giving individuals the power to manage their own block list would be a good solution. I'm not advocating for deletion of posts or threads or accounts even if they're shills. I hear you, I don't like censorship in general, but too much shilling will make a site worthless, like 4chan's pol is nowadays. You can still find posts there that are really good, but the sheer amount of spam there makes it so it's simply not worth the time to sift through all the garbage to find them. So it becomes a practical matter of balancing.
Not me. If 90% of the posts are low-IQ garbage, you will fill your brain with garbage instead of real conspiracy theories.
It also causes new people to be turned off from the site instead of interested in it.
The smooth brains need to go.
You're not wrong im just worried about the slippery slope of censorship
The mods are lazy anyway. I got banned from TD.win (FINALLY) but it doesn’t stop me from posting here.
I seriously can’t believe how long it took on TD. I was mask off for weeks.