The majority of pro AI spam on the fediverse gets spread by just a handful of accounts. Usually it is people posting to one of the big “tech” pages from pro-AI PAC websites (that 74million dot org bullshit for example) or one of the billionaire mouthpiece outlets (futurism, ars technica, biz insider), and then they cross-post and repost everywhere else.
This strategy makes it so the only ways to stop seeing the shit is to get really good with personal filters or (more likely) users will block the spammer account and the communities that allow them. Notice how both of these methods also tend to block people who are bashing AI.
Seems like a behavior we need to figure out how to call out and get mods to help with? I guess Fuck AI people should start volunteering to mod Tech news? Oh no, what have I logically walked myself into…
I’m not following how blocking this handful of users involves “getting really good with personal filters”. In jerboa it’s like three taps to block someone, and the last time I used voyager or lemmy through a desktop browser it was similarly easy. And how does blocking people uncritically posting that content risk blocking people bashing AI?
This just seems like a repeat of the witch hunt post about the db0 instance a few days ago. I can only speak for myself, but the last thing I want is for this to become some sort of community where we organize against specific users or communities. Fighting amongst ourselves in this little slice of internet social media will have no effect on the actual companies and market forces pushing this slop.
A big part of what makes lemmy what it is is that people aren’t doing that sort of witch hunt shit here. If you want to curate other communities, then make your own copy and enforce your rules on it, or work your way into their mod team.
Most of all, you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them drink. And holding their head under just gets you a drowned horse. Speak out as you can and curate your own experience.
Three taps for you, for me, for them, for everyone.
When problems affect many people, it’s neat to solve them en masse.
sorry! the way you misunderstood my rough mechanics description there, yeah, that would be kinda of ridiculous
i was trying to describe two discreet methods i feel are imperfect, 1) blocking users and communities OR 2) get really good with content filters (far harder/ less viable at scale/ horse to water situation)