Slop is for gossip, the only rule for fake news is that it’s OC only. I didn’t think “Mark Wahlberg Claims Elon Musk’s Botched Penis Implant Wouldn’t Have Gone Down Like That If He Was Attending Surgeon” was going to set off the “I can’t actually tell if this is real and that makes me upset” brigade.

  • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    31·
    3 days ago

    Maybe I’m being over sensitive, going back through the comm there’s one satirical post almost 2 weeks ago and it just seems like the complaints are outsized for how often this kind of stuff is posted.

    • Aceivan [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      I just assumed you were referring to the metapost on grad recently that got locked because people were getting a little heated in the comments. Which was specifically about the impersonation of wtypstan and xiaohongshu.

      I think complaints about fakenews are mostly either “I don’t think its funny and want the ability to block it” or “some users are using it in a harassing/impersonating way” (which hasn’t been a major issue lately but was briefly years ago iirc

      • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        9·
        3 days ago

        The main problem in my opinion with the xiaohongshu impersonator post was that it was literally just Zenzposting but with weird piss fetish stuff buried at the end but if impersonation is what got it removed fine I guess.

        • Aceivan [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          11·
          3 days ago

          I mean yeah, I also don’t find that funny, but I don’t think it needs to be banned entirely from the site, we have containment comms for a reason. Honestly even the impersonation would have been… I hesitate to say fine but not a big deal, if it was just used to make a bit post in fakenews or badposting or something.

          • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
            5·
            3 days ago

            It wasn’t in the “containment” comm, it was posted here in c/chat. And now that I checked, it wasn’t even actually removed, it just got the impersonator account banned. The posts are still up and unlocked now.

            The trouble with containment comms is that those contained in them don’t actually stay contained.

            • Aceivan [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              3·
              2 days ago

              outright bans of certain types of posts also won’t prevent someone from registering new accounts and making them anyhow any more than containment comms do, its a matter of moderation

              I agree they are obviously inappropriate for c/chat. I reported both of them, lets see what happens