mostly posted by the same handful of accounts. who are farming for engagement and clicks.
it is best to avoid it, or block the people who post it.
you can’t convince someone who posts ragebait it isn’t ragebait, because they believe it’s legitimate, because in their mental world… well everything is ragebait. and their post history almost always… shows a nothing but ragebait posts and angry hostile comments pushing simplistic narratives where they are the sole force for good in the world.
Honestly, I might start cutting back on commenting. Lemmy feels like half of it is just ragebait.
I understand that this is a new platform and it wants engagement but I can’t be bothered.
more than half it is ragebait.
mostly posted by the same handful of accounts. who are farming for engagement and clicks.
it is best to avoid it, or block the people who post it.
you can’t convince someone who posts ragebait it isn’t ragebait, because they believe it’s legitimate, because in their mental world… well everything is ragebait. and their post history almost always… shows a nothing but ragebait posts and angry hostile comments pushing simplistic narratives where they are the sole force for good in the world.
I’m starting to see the action of deleting a half finished comment as a win, rather than a loss.