I like to frequent any place I can get a signal, whether that be a good (truthful) signal or a false signal. But that being said, I do it hoping for the truth and keeping an eye out for the false.
Reddit is a beast to itself. You can see the brigades in full force ... So how do I show people that without them doing what they always do, which is justify the mob...
Right now, the busiest conspiracy posts are specifically being upvoted and used to promote a very weak signal In a very strong way to make it easy to crush.....thus ignoring all the large signals which get derailed and downvoted to oblivion.
We need to start crafting a language that is not too controversial but succinctly describes these phenomena we are being attacked with.
By giving it a name we can call it out and better educate others to their tactics. Without names we are forced to whataboutism and example flame wars....all of which either get called Gish gallop or picked apart with the first error they can find....
We need to be robust in our methods. But respect their tactics are effective but shadowed
Yes, I too wonder about these wins. Are they another honey pot of future plans.
At the same time, I sometimes wonder if they are being used to seed other forums. Like you can find cross posters