

We really need a comm for commentors who aren’t lost but just plain clueless. Something like ‘c/rtfa’


We really need a comm for commentors who aren’t lost but just plain clueless. Something like ‘c/rtfa’


It does not take any funding to create accounts a few days in advance. Automating account creation is probably the most basic step in any troll’s toolbox.
reactionary basement neckbeards who wouldn’t post the same stuff a day later.
Trolls who give up after a day aren’t trolls, they’re users having a bad day. And if they’re stopping after a day, their impact on everybody else is miniscule.
On the OTHER hand, as everybody has pointed out, you’re badly impacting the new user experience. Bullshit posting restrictions on reddit are one of the worst things they came up with. Let’s not replicate all the user hostile stuff they implemented.


How does staggered new account permissions help deter bad actors in any way whatsoever? There’s nothing preventing them from having a pipeline of accounts in aging.


Yeah, they all seem to be posting vague ragebait. There’s definitely some sort of agenda there


This is a pretty cultural thing. I understand it’s become an issue in the west, but there’s many regions in the world where it’s not a problem.
Somebody’s been gluing (the wrong) stuff together…


Well, common in certain circles. Definitely cryptic for everybody else, though.


You seem be be operating under the assumption that laws themselves will always be just and equal.
Every volunteer run instance is the best instance :)