I’ll just leave the question at that, because I can’t even speculate.

  • modernangel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    26 days ago

    driving traffic to monetized websites (news, porn, ad-loaded blogs) would be my first guess. Propaganda secondarily, which could also intersect with news and blog referrals.

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      26 days ago

      This is what I was wondering, is there some monetization scheme they’re taking advantage of?

      The ones I’m thinking of don’t seem to be advertising products or sites, specifically, though. But, I thought there might be something more subtle going on.

    • sluttyWizard@fedinsfw.appEnglish
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      26 days ago

      driving traffic to monetized websites

      Where am I going to get hentai to post if the artists that draw it can’t afford to eat?

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      26 days ago

      Yeah, many I’m sure are bots, others I think schedule posts as well because I assume they figure if the site is more active around the clock it is more likely to gain users over time.

      • TRAHR@quokk.auEnglish
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        26 days ago

        Which is a pretty valid assumption (the activity helping growth).

        When you see dead communities and the last post was months or years ago, I know there’s no point joining. Same logic would apply to the broader Fediverse.

        One of the reasons I like to spread my content out to smaller communities, such as local/regional comms.

        Also I should add that I’m not a bot or a cat.

  • one_old_coder@piefed.socialEnglish
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    26 days ago

    I have the same question for all the accounts who post a lot of the most stupid questions (usually in AskLemmy), seldom comment, and delete their posts if the votes become negative. Are they confused teenagers, bots, what the fuck are they?

    Like that one a few minutes ago: nightops@nord.pub wondered whether an AI program was “literally” the same as a person before their death.

    WHY?

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    26 days ago

    because due to circumstance I am stuck where I am, and I can either stare at the wall all day doing nothing between tasks, or I can bullshit with other people on a webforum.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    26 days ago

    1. Bots.

    2. Terminally online and need to get a job, or at least a hobby.

    3. Stuck at computer job all day and posting while on phone calls is pretty easy (my situation).

    • velma@sh.itjust.works
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      26 days ago

      they feel like they are making the world a better place by doing so

      God forbid people post about topics they want to talk about with others.

  • TotallyNotSpez@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    How does for shits and giggles sound to you?

    Sometimes I post nothing in a long time and just lurk, other days I upload funny pictures.

  • velma@sh.itjust.works
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    26 days ago

    We’re trying to build up the fediverse so more people are interested in participating.

    I want see more local news, feminism, and alternative/punk music. Be the change you want to see and all that.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    26 days ago

    If you’re talking about the accounts that just spam articles for a couple months and disappear…

    There’s a single person who’s been doing it at least since the reddit migration 3 years ago, but I feel like it was already a thing before that.

    I have no idea what the original ban was for, but all those accounts eventually get banned for being an alt of that account.

    Afterwards they just make a dozen new accounts and keep doing it.

    It’s super weird, and I almost asked this morning actually when I saw a batch had been banned and new ones were already up.

    But I know the person wouldn’t answer.

    Edit:

    https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModBan

    That batch from 15 hours ago for reference

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    26 days ago

    I’m guessing that you’re thinking of sanitation, since there was some discussion I recently saw about him.

    I don’t post all that much, but I comment a fair bit, so I could answer that. For that, I enjoy discussing stuff on forums.

    As a secondary factor, I also think that that’s kinda what the Threadiverse is short of, people out discussing different things. As of 2026, Reddit’s got a whole lot more users talking about a whole lot more stuff, which gives it a ton of niche topic coverage and valuable information. That’s really what makes Reddit valuable; that’s why people do site:reddit.com searches on Web search engines and such, not because it has Reddit Gold or because people are especially taken with the recommendation algorithm or anything like that.

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      26 days ago

      Yeah, I’ve noticed his name. And butterfly lady, or whatever. And, the CM2000 one. I just recognize them when I see them.

      Exactly, the ones who seem to post non-stop, across multiple comms. Sometimes I think I’m on here too much, but then I imagine the time they’re spending.

      They seem to post in earnest and engage in the comments sometimes. I guess they just do it for fun.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      26 days ago

      Yeah as a frequent commenter it’s basically that it’s the form of content I feel suited to giving. I’m awful at thinking of things to post, but discussing things, I’ll spend all day discussing things if I let myself. And I appreciate seeing interesting comments, so hopefully when I comment others might feel interested in commenting more too.

      Also ADHD and inability to shut up

  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    26 days ago

    I want there to be women’s sports content on the threadiverse, so I put it there. I’m a bit “if you build it, they will come” about it.

  • GreyShuck@feddit.uk
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    26 days ago

    I post between 3 and 5 a day. Is that ‘many’?

    I am the mod of the sub that I post in. I didn’t expect to be the mod: the original mod has dropped off the radar, leaving me there. Since the I am only mod, I kinda think that I shouldn’t just leave it to die - and I like to keep up with the news in that field anyway, so…