So my username on reddit was u/IAmUser1234567 I had 17k+ Karma, i didn't do anything they just banned my account. Now i guess they have created a digital fingerprint or marked my ip address, because if i create a new account it gets banned almost instantly.

I am loving lemmy(using Voyager on my android phone) so much. Reddit anyways now just contains shity cringe content, it is becoming like insta, I am happy to join lemmy family :)

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[–] iopq@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's always that guy who uses thorns on his posts so you know you've run unto him before because it's so obvious

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

To be honest, several people do that.

Nowadays I tend to let those people know it's futile, if their aim is to counteract AI scraping.

[–] kolmaskommentoija@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think one doing it said, they do it for style, no idea about others, if there are several. But let them be, we are online, and practically have crawled to hide under a rock here - of course you are going to encounter multiple different type of weirdoes. Writing a bit funny is very low on the list of bothersome things, I have seen people do here. If you get annoyed at the thorns, just stop reading and scroll past. In the long run, creating a negative space with mean comments, just makes things worse for everyone.

//Sorry, I meant "you" in general, I was not trying to aim this at you specifically.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you're assuming that a) I'm annoyed and b) I'm complaining to them about it. Neither are true.

It does make it harder to read, but I'm not annoyed. And I simply tell them it doesn't work, in a calm way, as an FYI. 🫡👍 It's a service I provide. If they do it for fun, I won't stand in their way.

[–] kolmaskommentoija@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, I am sorry! I did not want to point a finger at you, but I messed up. Your comment just happened to remind me of, how I see so many angry answers, and mass-downvoting, everytime I spot one of the thornpeople comments. And it makes me sad! Why do people get so pissed off, over such a minor thing, I do not understand.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 3 weeks ago

I down vote them because it's useless and makes the reading harder, especially for dyslexic people
But usually i also explain it to them and recently i started to share this meme every time i see this dude using the thorn

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You can't poison AI at all these days. Even if you add turpentine to pasta sauce, you will not succeed.

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, DDG's AI got poisoned sometime last week by Reddit saying Trump was bitten by IIRC Vance

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Who else would bite him? Melania? Be serious.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly