The amount of propaganda bots trying to sign up lately is bonkers.

[abmurrow@hachyderm.io]

@jerry I feel this. Every time I check out Lemmy these days, there is a bunch of weird political rage bait junk getting dumped into popular memes pages, and every time it seems to be getting just a little more subtle and sneaky.

Unless you're making liberal use of filters, it would he hard not to get pushed to one extreme or the other.

[jerry@infosec.exchange]

@idlebrain one of the biggest challenges I’ve run into is defining where the line is between propaganda, and someone’s heartfelt genuine belief. Particularly if you consider that generally people who have a particular view will consider opposing views this propaganda.

[dave_cochran@infosec.exchange]

@jerry on a thoroughly unrelated topic, can you remind me what the last 4 of your SSN are? just filling out some forms, nothing serious

[jerry@infosec.exchange]

@abmurrow yeah for sure, the threadiverse is becoming concentrated propaganda lately. I found it’s better after having blocked a few specific instances though.

[em0nm4stodon@infosec.exchange]

@jerry @zak Thanks for protecting us Jerry and Team!

[csolisr@hub.azkware.net]

The fact that the developers of one of the main engines of the Threadiverse are already politically biased, and thus their flagship instances are as well, does not help things much either.

[thegibson@masto.hackers.town]

@jerry every election year and midterm...

[stroz@infosec.exchange]

@dave_cochran @jerry

Let's see. Social Security Number? "Nought-nought-nought, nought-nought, nought-nought-nought-two." Damn Roosevelt.

[sraars@hippodon.com]

@jerry It sucks to have to deal with this just to offer a service to people. That is why I just run my own. But I appreciate the relay that @jerry offers to us single hosters.

At some point I may not need the relay but no one has actually told me when that is lol.

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@jerry The local timeline on sigmoid.social is 99% disinfo bots now

[mek2600@infosec.exchange]

@catsalad @jerry Wait, wait, wait- so the bored housewives in my area that I've been talking to on sigmoid.social......?

[timbray@cosocial.ca]

@jerry I realize this wouldn't work for everybody, but the number of bots trying to sign up to CoSocial.ca is zero, because we require that members pay $50 a year to run the service.

[catsalad@sigmoid.social]

@mek2600 @catsalad@infosec.exchange @jerry Domestic housewives imply the existence of feral housewives

[mek2600@infosec.exchange]

@catsalad@sigmoid.social @catsalad @jerry Now we're talkin! I wonder if there are any feral housewives in my area...

[jairajdevadiga@mastodon.social]

@jerry @idlebrain It's propaganda if they are being dishonest and wilfully spreading misinformation.

It's possible to have genuinely differing beliefs as long as we can agree on basic facts. Unfortunately the current media landscape, combined with chatbots, has made many people completely detached from reality.

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@jerry

Block and report

[wilbr@glitch.social]

@jairajdevadiga @jerry @idlebrain we can't see into their minds though; what if they honestly believe that 5G causes cancer and have scientific studies to prove it? Part of the modern disinformation goal is to muddy all forms of reality.

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@mek2600 @catsalad@sigmoid.social @catsalad@infosec.exchange @jerry I think they call those cougars.

[biogeographer@mastodon.social]

@jerry It's a component of growth sadly, Fediverse engagement rates are ridiculously high compared to other platforms.

[sb@metroholografix.ca]

@jerry
They rapidly change their tactics re: usernames and especially the descriptions. Seems the shift gears weekly.

The one thing that's always constant are the random email domains with common links behind them.

They're pretty easy to spot, but only because I'm hyper aware of them.