Nothing, they’re just one of those people who thinks everything is a Russian conspiracy

Why did you bother to leave reddit?

.ml is like that.

know that stereotypes have to be true to some extent.

No actually, they don’t.

I’ve come across my fair share of Russian trolls, which are the majority for my case

Really? And how did you determine that? Because unless you actually had some way of verifying that they were “Russian trolls”, you’re just begging the question and assuming what you already believed.

I’d assume that most of the people complaining about Russian trolls I’ve seen on Lemmy and other social media are from the USA or the EU, and for context, I’m from Australia

In other words; people who are overwhelmingly more likely to be interacting with anglosphere trolls than Russian ones.

so it isn’t one specific area in the world that experiences it

A bunch of anglophones western countries is very much “one specific area in the world”

since it’s so omnipresent.

Is it? How exactly have you determined it to be “omnipresent”? Sounds like you’re just engaging in extremely circular reasoning.

Thanks. To be honest I’m making a deliberate effort to be more civil, so it’s not just my instance not helping me there.

That said, I think which instances you think are disrespectful is going to depend on how much you agree or disagree with their ideology. I find .world and the like to be far more uncivil than .ml, but that’s because people aren’t uncivil with people they disagree with.

What? Are you trying to claim that not all trolls are Russian government agents? You tankie!

No, only Russian, you disinformation spreading tankie!

Maybe that’s what they meant, but not what they said. And given that this is under a comment blaming Russia for a niche social media instance shutting down due to a shortage of admins, it definitely seems like “the Ruskies are behind everything!” wacko

Not a strawman. I wish you Reddit debatebros would actually learn what these terms mean, rather than treating them like magical incantations that can be used anywhere to magically win an argument

It literally isn’t a loaded question. I am begging redditors to at least learn what the debate terms they read about on Wikipedia actually mean before trying to throw them out like magic spells

Nope. So you’re just wrong

.world has no problem with right-wing/Zionist crazies.

Hexbear is actually pretty selective about who they federate with.

Lol

Yes, lemm.ee is shutting down because of a sinister foreign conspiracy.

So you people actually think “Russia is responsible for everything bad in my life” is a reasonable take?

Does it make sense though? Does it make sense that a niche English language social media instance war caused to shutdowns by “Russians”?

“I stubbed my toe, Damn You Russia!”

You: “this person is reasonable and correct”

Are you still stalking me around?

Certain kinds of people blame Russia for all bad things in their life