curbstickle

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[–] curbstickle 2 points 2 weeks ago

15mph max is a bit disappointing, I'd like to see 20-25 to at least compete with my legs, but I'm down for something like this.

[–] curbstickle 5 points 2 weeks ago

From experience with older lenses....

Probably not damaged the same way, but it can cause other issues without a straight up crack.

That said, an old lens adapted to a modern body can make for some great and fun shots, highly recommended!

[–] curbstickle 3 points 2 weeks ago

This was on Monday when Ro Khanna introduced an amendment and the rules committee voted on it, blocking the amendment to a crypto bill, yes.

The second vote was a procedural motion to introduce the amendment.

Both are relevant IMO.

[–] curbstickle 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Different vote.

This one was to the rules committee, which consists of 12 people.

[–] curbstickle 13 points 2 weeks ago

They might ban you preemptively, actually.

I'm just saying you have a readily available tool at your fingertips, which you could use rather than just complain about the existence of a community you apparently haven't even seen.

[–] curbstickle 22 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

You could just block them you know.

I have no interest in communities dedicated to female celebrities. When they started cropping up, I blocked them (well until I found out it was mostly one user creating the communities and then posting to them, so I just blocked them, but... Same result).

Its pretty easy, about two clicks typically.

[–] curbstickle 56 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So unfortunate....

That he made it to 83.

[–] curbstickle 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'm fairly certain I don't need to spend hours investigating individual actions to be a part of the fediverselore community.

So yeah, we can stop right there.

[–] curbstickle 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not the mod, but if you've ever down voted with no other interaction, my guess would be that. Or timing of a downvote coinciding with a bunch of others from other accounts, again as a singular downvote.

There is a tool which will coord down votes across multiple accounts, which is helping some trolls - notably the anti-AI trolls mentioned - coordinate mass down votes to try to avoid detection.

[–] curbstickle 8 points 2 weeks ago

I would hope so, but as we know many people dont read past a headline/title.

I'm just sharing how it reads when you put it in quotes. Like if I said:

Boy those people are "smart"

Wouldn't exactly come across like a compliment. So having it in quotes in the title reads, to me, like you're being dismissive rather than trying to differentiate users who got caught up, likely due to timing of their downvote, or down votes being their only interactions with a community.

Which, I will point out, takes some effort when its a small community, even on Lemmy.

[–] curbstickle 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Except there are plenty who are doing the trolling, and the quotes are dismissive of it entirely. Despite you noting that there are in your other comment.

When did MigratingApe do any anti-AI trolling?

I have no idea, nor do I care to investigate how a mod handles things on a small community.

Here are a few things we do know:

  • There are trolls harassing AI comms
  • Most of them come through and downvote heavily, or...
  • using a readily available tool to coordinate across multiple accounts, mass downvote. Appearing as a single downvote per account.
  • Some people mod multiple small communities, and will ban across all of them. Best idea? Eh, maybe not, but its their comm. People can always make another, thats kind of a major point of Lemmy isn't it?

The fact that there are people, such as yourself, getting so riled up over being banned from a community they claim to not have any interest in is also odd. Why would being banned from a community you dont care about even matter?

But let's not pretend there aren't trolls when there clearly are. This also isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened.

Some people are just shitty. Banning and blocking are handy tools for that.

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