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[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 103 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 89 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Aww the poor Russian bots think they can hide content by down voting it like they do on reddit? Won't anyone think of Putin's sad hurt feelings? ... Oh wait, that's right, we DO think of him -- every time we point and laugh.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's especially funny because of how Lemmy's default sort option works.

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Active? Does it count downvotes as activity?

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 2 years ago

It doesn't, not sure what that person is on about

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

What IS the default option now? I changed mine to new, so I see everything no matter how much they downvote it.

[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There's enough weird pro-Russian tankies around I'd believe it's at least partially native.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

10 downvotes within 5 minutes of a post going up is very suspect, I’d be shocked if it wasn’t bot activity

[–] Blamemeta@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Eh. I get a bunch of downvotes every time I post on lemmy.world/c/conservative even if Im just posting the text of a law.

I think that some here are just very liberal with the downvote button.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

The more apt comparison is posting the text of law to /r/law and immediately getting 10 downvotes.

[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 1 points 2 years ago

Also possible!

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why would any tankies support Russia? It's no longer a communist state anymore.

[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The tankie unifying ideology is something closer to β€œeverything that is anti-US is good” rather than a coherent narrative about something that actually unifies historical or current communist dictatorships. So there tends to be a fair amount of Russian simping or Russia/US both-sides equivocation.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago

Dude. Who knows? They don't make the slightest amount of sense. Tanky is more just anti-west than anything meaningful now. They're braindead.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's pure tribalism at that level, nothing to do with logic or even principles.

In that specific tribe Russia = Good, US = Bad, always and with no case-by-case analysis.

(Mind you, I did once turned a tankie away from that by pointing out that Russia's Invasion of Ukraine was the same kind of thing as the US' second invasion of Iraq so it made sense to judge the invaders in both exactly in the same way. Granted this was back in the early days of the invasion and I reckon that anybody who still remains pro-Russia now is either an authoritarian at hearth or a brainless unprincipled parrot).

[–] Neon@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

hmm, must be your instance.
I'm on Kbin and 0 Downvotes

[–] atocci@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah I don't think downvotes federate

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 8 points 2 years ago

They do, but the federation can be spotty.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It just takes time for it to percolate through. They do federate, but you'll see it happen in groups later, not one at a time instantly.

[–] gullible@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Not to kbin.social, at least within a week. Effectively, downvotes from lemmy instances don’t exist for kbin.social users.

[–] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

Oh no! Anyway…

[–] Relo@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't forget the Lemmy users they threatened over deleting their posts.

[–] gullible@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Haven’t heard about this, any additional context you can offer?

[–] Relo@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

there you go

You have to scroll down to see the English translation.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

They're gonna have to ban all the instances because it's just gonna keep existing in the fediverse.

Hail Hydra!

[–] shalva97@lemmy.sdfeu.org 6 points 2 years ago

Lol, so much bullshit coming out of Russia

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would Hetzner (a French company?) really shutdown the instance's server if the operator won't delete the offending post though? I assume it's safe to ignore the deletion request from the Russian government agency as long as you're not a Russian?

[–] Relo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Isn't it like this with all russian threats?

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago

Well I'm going to fine Putin for excessive oversized table use!

[–] Nechesh@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

This seems largely symbolic. I don't see Apple or Wikipedia paying, and paying might even be illegal at this point.

[–] lemmyshmemmy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Rich coming from the Kremlin which actively undermines democratic governments around the world.

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 9 points 2 years ago

Didn't Apple formally leave Russia? Why would they be responsible for the content users UNOFFICIALLY access, lol

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Well russia is a dood dood head, come and fine me russia!

[–] Mandy@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

Lmao, I'd fine them too if that actually ever works out Like what does Russia expect

[–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Good luck with that.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Good luck collecting.