The mods and admins of reddit have been doing this for years. No need to help them.
this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2025
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This is a terrible idea
This is fucking dumb.
no, you'll just be propogating propaganda.
you want to spread shock images to achieve your goal. make the internet actually toxic again
Isn't that how The_Donald and flat earth conspiracy theories started? As just a very funny joke that was then co-opted...?
If i remember right "it's just a joke" posting is part of the ult right recruiting playbook.
Yes absolutely. “Ironic” communities were visited by people who didn’t know they were ironic and took it as sincere. Too many people acquire their political opinions through shitposts “for the luls” and now we have conservatives cheering about how much of a “troll” Trump is when they should be concerned that our most important institutions are being dismantled to “own the libs”. No one takes anything serious anymore and I don’t think the solution to that is more absurdity.
That's how a lot of shitty communities started.
GamersRiseUp was a parody community until actual racists joined and weren't in on the joke. Then the joke got lost.
All this would do is just fuel the actual right wing nut jobs.
I think that'll just be fuel for the audience Reddit wants to keep.
I mean it's not ethical and might make things worse 🤔 the creation of insane group think is how we ended up here
It's unethical, I suppose you could do it, but imo the same amount of time would be better spent making Lemmy better in some way, posting more about stuff you like or if you are using Reddit helping people migrate (I would but I can't go back on my pledge to myself never to contribute to Reddit ever again).
You say this like you just invented trolling, but reddit is already filled with similar content
I'm gonna be really blunt here in the hopes that you take it in the spirit it's intended rather than an attack.
But it isn't important if it's ethical, because it's stupid. It's a pointless endeavour and if you aren't better than that, you should try to be.
It could be funny like how absurd could you be without getting found out
Apparently people can go very far without being exposed. Just ask q-anon.
Reminds me of trolls on parler and those fringe far gone conservative sites
no
This is how Qanon started...