Got yelled at on Twitter last time I said anything like this, but starting to see suspicious shit on Bluesky too, so:
Brand-new accounts with AI avatars and no photos/personal content that follow thousands, are followed by few, & do nothing but post hashtag mutual aid requests?
Exercise caution.
Brand-new accounts with AI avatars and no photos/personal content that follow thousands, are followed by few, & do nothing but post hashtag mutual aid requests?
Exercise caution.
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And yes that account was annoying with its following/unfollowing etc
“Every social structure, from two people onwards, is based on trust.”
What’s bleaker than that?
The sudden realization that you’re an unreliable narrator to your own story, but, at some point you must simply choose to trust your perceptions or descend into insanity.
I will say that suggesting folks share photos of themselves to prove They Need Things isn't really a great idea.
maybe with the new T&S [mmm im not sold yet] we can get something going. a bot that makes blocklists for bots?
As much as the "Robot" account is scummy for creating a list, it brought a needed conversation up.
I am willing to bet that a large portion of the "defenders" have never personally vetted every MA account they amplify.
Caution MUST be exercised
But I sure have been told to start a militia a lot!!!
I started recognizing parallel constructions.
Reporting actually works on this site but only if you actually do it so if you're reading this PLEASE report these accounts
I called them out, telling them not to tell people what to do and to let people post what they want, and they blocked me.
Ever since then I'm a bit suspect of the whole thing.
People who treat social media like an ATM machine and just ask for $ all day every day — that’s the problem.