This is fairly harmless compared to the government trolls. Pretty much every Canada related subreddit has been dealing with a slurry of xenophobic posts from brand new accounts with hidden post history. The better subreddits quickly ban or lock them but several let them go as they reinforce the moderator’s own worldview. Not even the Costco Canada subreddit is safe.
It’s hard to tell if it’s the division/outrage bots or if it’s just people who’ve been living on social media that’s made up of mostly division/outrage bots and they’ve picked up the bad behaviors.
You can point them out if you try to argue with them. They’ll have an almost encyclopedic memory of every negative story and outrageous anecdote as if they’re veteran reporters… but they employ rhetorical maneuvers and fallacies that would get them laughed out of a high school debate class. Bad faith arguments, textbook logical fallacies, etc.
This is fairly harmless compared to the government trolls. Pretty much every Canada related subreddit has been dealing with a slurry of xenophobic posts from brand new accounts with hidden post history. The better subreddits quickly ban or lock them but several let them go as they reinforce the moderator’s own worldview. Not even the Costco Canada subreddit is safe.
We’re starting to see them here.
It’s hard to tell if it’s the division/outrage bots or if it’s just people who’ve been living on social media that’s made up of mostly division/outrage bots and they’ve picked up the bad behaviors.
You can point them out if you try to argue with them. They’ll have an almost encyclopedic memory of every negative story and outrageous anecdote as if they’re veteran reporters… but they employ rhetorical maneuvers and fallacies that would get them laughed out of a high school debate class. Bad faith arguments, textbook logical fallacies, etc.
Yup. Fuck Reddit.