There’s a new one suddenly popping up in my feed but obviously the reports are being “resolved” by the mods of that community. They suggested to me that I block their community but I will not because that is how you get a cesspit of an instance. How do we report disinformation communities straight to the admins?

Edit: the admins did remove the community in question so I’m going to take that as the official stance on disinformation communities and also assume that any type of community (right wing, left wing, or other) that are intentionally spreading disinformation will be removed. That makes me feel much better about the situation since this type of thing is pretty much guaranteed to pop up again.

  • boredtortoise@lemm.ee
    75·
    1 year ago

    Disinformation affects first hand those who don’t block it. It then sways them and affects everyone through democracy.

    Putting blinders on doesn’t solve the issue

    • kryllic@programming.dev
      22·
      1 year ago

      Are you implying liberals are too stupid to know misinformation when they see it and will become alt-right because of that? Give the left some credit lol

    • shootwhatsmyname@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Do you think it’s possible you or someone else might be wrong about something being disinformation?

      • boredtortoise@lemm.ee
        21·
        1 year ago

        Of course there’s no absolute certainty of what is or what is not.

        Does it matter to that?

        • shootwhatsmyname@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yes, I think it matters greatly when making decisions to completely remove or silence other people. What’s your process for determining if something is disinformation?

            • shootwhatsmyname@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Removing or silencing people as in removing users or communities from lemm.ee if their content is determined as disinformation.

              And I don’t think communities or users with strong opinions should be removed or banned from a general purpose community. I think vote manipulation, brigading, repetitive automated posting, multiple accounts, and other ways of manipulating the system should be prohibited.

              So, how do you personally determine that something is disinformation, and how to you distinguish this from your own opinion? I’m genuinely trying to understand your perspective here

              • boredtortoise@lemm.ee
                1·
                1 year ago

                I don’t have a personal stake here. I’m just trying to understand the different solution possibilities to this known existing issue, be it at a global or a platform level. Or is the idea to do nothing and let the adverse effects happen?

                • shootwhatsmyname@lemm.eeEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  I’d say defining disinformation and discussing how we decide something is disinformation are some great step towards finding a solution

                  I think disinformation is an opinion specifically towards the content or subject of a post or community. I don’t think we shouldn’t be removing users based solely on someone’s opinion of their content. If you’re suggesting removing users from this instance that share disinformation, I’d love to know how you conclude something is disinformation