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The only thing I've noticed is a recent influx of people just shitting on poor people.
yeah! i've noticed really toxic shitty discourse lately. i wonder if this is some sort of astroturf? i know that inherently sounds conspiratorial, but it's genuinely noticeable
I've seen it too, as well as propaganda either masquerading as or being so far left that they push pro-authoritarian bs.
There might be some that are legit, but I suspect there are a ton of brigading trolls. Too many similar sounding comments, like bots on Twitter.
Talked to some knob the other day who was talking about ruling his small business with, and I quote "an iron fist"
Thankfully that's not a common interaction but I do notice more hostile folks recently.
I know who you mean but I am fairly sure they are just trolling. MrBusinessMan or something.. pure ragebaiting
It did totally feel like a troll.