Experts: No Way to Truly Know if Redditor You're Arguing With Is Bot or Child
Experts: No Way to Truly Know if Redditor You're Arguing With Is Bot or Child
Effectively you are dismissing users based on your own feelings and not much else
Almost always the other person zeroes in on and rises to the bait.
That's a bad method especially on Lemmy which prides itself on friendliness.
If I know I'm right, and coming down hard on someone in an argument, I actively avoid acknowledging insults because I see it as a tactic to stall from losing an argument.
People will start ramping up insults before they lose in order to bait you into arguing about the insults instead of the facts that they are wrong about.
I mean, it can pride itself on friendliness, but it's not really a friendly place. People are toxic and dismissive, often ignoring any nuance in a discussion.
prides itself on friendliness.
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That's a bad method especially on Lemmy which prides itself on friendliness.
I've seen a minor increase in people willing to reply and bring actual sauce to discussion. I've still never seen anyone willing to change their mind despite mountains of evidence to the contrary. Even when you have a username like my which goads people into ad hominems using fake historical earworms lol.
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A really good way I have found that doesn't turn the audience against you like barbecuing souls does is to not speak to whoever you're replying to at all. Openly say you're addressing the audience and speak of your opponent in the third person, the way you do when you are talking about someone else right in front of them. Or like, the way you'd show them a new game system you bought, or cookies you made, or something.
I did that before to an astroturfer on Reddit and the guy never responded back, and I got tons of sweet sweet Reddit karma.
Do you keep a list of people whom you've verified as human, perchance?
Your strategy, while innovative, is fundamentally flawed. It's disingenuous and presumptuous, alienating those who maintain composure and objectivity rather than reacting emotionally to your minor provocations.
I propose an easier solution: interact with people who you find interesting. Worst case, you have a wonderful conversation with a bot and find your prejudice wasn't even warranted.
This is embarrassing.
You think that anyone behaving like an adult after you insult them is a shill? Kee-rist, no wonder the internet is in such bad shape.
i always have my 30 years of Internet shit talking under my belt! Insults don’t hit as hard when they’re all re-runs :)
Only 30? If you weren't online before '93 then you're a n00b.
Huh, you're nicer about it than I am. I usually just barbecue their souls and then get banned. 🤷