Everyday there’s like 5-10 brand new accounts who quickly spam ~20 articles each and stop the same day.
It looks like someone hoping Lemmy takes off so they can sell aged accounts later.
Comment on Why do some people make such a big deal over ages of someone's account on here?
slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Because trolls, spammers, and other bad actors will make accounts in mass and use them asap before they get banned.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
pyria@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
Which are easy to spot and I get that.
But not everyone is like that and it is quite dumb to assume everyone is like that like I have seen others do. Someone some other person doesn't like, then they just say "oh that's a bot, um, ban them because their account is new."
You saw this shit all the time on Reddit. I mean the behavior can be noticeable from a user who just joined and wants to contribute and talk to those just coming back to repeat everything that got them removed in the first place.
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You mentioned in a comment that you have another account. So you aren’t new here, your account is. Not sure why you’re pretending to be new? This is what gives people trust issues.
lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
it’s a heuristic. evaluating every one-day-old account on its own merits is a lot of mental load, so people take shortcuts. if you’re an active poster, people can look back through your comment history to get context on your perspective. it’s hard to do that with someone using a brand-new account. in a month, nobody will be saying that to you any more.
__siru__@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
It’s like the false positive/negative game. If you are an actual person, then waiting a week or two for your account to mature in age is but a mere inconvenience to you. In comparison, keeping all the fresh spam/bot accounts off the platform is much more difficult. So the general consensus is to slightly inconvenience new users in the beginning in favor of having a better community in the longterm.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
FYI it’s en masse
axexrx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Unless theyre doing in while in church.