There's been an increase in SPA accounts over the past few weeks, mostly new which makes them easy to identify. During the elections you see a lot more purchased/hijacked accounts (you'll notice many are from <= 2012, this is majorly due to the 2013 Imgur data breach). Also you forgot a few regular clowns: @SpaceHaggis @TheMinisterOfCommonSense
I made my username "sockpuppet" on steam, PSN, Xbox, etc as a joke 20 years ago and now people think it's a riff on propaganda bots instead of jerking off into a sock... Idk how to feel about this, but I wanted to say it somewhere
I guess the goal here is to drown you in sea of misinformation. It is everywhere and it's goal is to get you to question the real information and give false credit to people who spout that nonsense.
They are. It's why I hunted so many bots and spam accounts on imgur. People give me shit and go: "they're just reposting some memes!" And I kept trying to point out how many either post scams or end up being used for political crap.
Honestly, it's kinda just 14/15 years of being here that I can see a lot of patterns. I used to call out the right wing bots and people helped me a lot. But when I called out the left wing ones people assumed I was evil. There's still a multitude of left wing posting accounts that I've identified from previous bad faith actors but I'm kinda over trying to point out a lot of em. I'm just waiting for that moment to see em post a scam link or something bending the truth a bit too far again.
@OutlawGerman @TheHunterofSkinHeads can you help some friends out? We need some heavyweights who can lend a hand outing VVV as the bigoted, facist-simping piece of shit they really are.
Yeah. That dude was an absolute piece of shit. Someone once took like... the worst comment from across 100 of his accounts as a way to ask moderation to just fucking ban the usage of the name itself and Sarah and Alan still did absolutely nothing.
To white supremacists, history isn't about facts, but the story/ mythology of white people "civilizing" the world. Inconvenient facts are written over, evidence is to be destroyed, and people who know the truth are to be eradicated. Israel uses the same playbook to erase the nation of Palestine.
That's what I figured. They think "Europe" some White, Christian utopia, while unironically also co-opting iconography from Odinism and the Norse. Who famously did NOT care much for Christians.
Even when Europe became mostly Christian, it was barbaric wars between fiefdoms and nations at the expense of peasants and serfs, all so they could brag about which prick with a gold hat had the most land, and honestly, that's the white supremacists' wet dream; a nation of sickly, poor, & uneducated people fighting to the death or working themselves to death on behalf of some ultimate prick with a fancy hat whose only claim to power is the laargely-imagined accomplishments of their "ancestors".
They could have 0 points or a million points. Once you block, you don’t have to see their comments again. Whenever I see comments like that I just block and move on. And I don’t worry too much about it!
I get you, but these accounts exist for the sole purpose of sowing discord and engaging people in pointless arguments. If everyone adopted the "block and move on" approach, the accounts would no longer serve a purpose, because no one would see their nonsense.
Many actually rely on not going noticed. They sprinkle the fascism in rarely. Others suborn old accounts, and so on. We'll do better as a community by calling it out when seen, so that others are aware and can block.
ItS AbOuT tHe CoMuNiTy. The same that keep spamming 24/7 anti-trump/ice/musk videos/posts with 999 times the same article/video/fb/reddit/twitter, with not even a tag to avoid people that doesn't want anything related to politics. Pretty please, stop with the double standard about "the community", thanks.
So if it’s causing an issue to someone, like you don’t want to see their trash, blocking stops. And a lot of them are probably just trolls and low-lifes who have nothing better to do than get into internet arguments. They feed and thrive off engagement.
DukeSliscus
NAME AND SHAME -
Anfalicious
Boot throaters.
DasBeaker
Sooo can we call them Nazingurs?
Emjayen
There's been an increase in SPA accounts over the past few weeks, mostly new which makes them easy to identify. During the elections you see a lot more purchased/hijacked accounts (you'll notice many are from <= 2012, this is majorly due to the 2013 Imgur data breach). Also you forgot a few regular clowns: @SpaceHaggis @TheMinisterOfCommonSense
TheIronPenguin
questionmorality is another that's been active for a while now.
InTangier
Just noticed such a nice thread, poor little guys...
Decitron
Heads up; fascists are using bots and/or sock puppets to inflate their numbers. IDK if they're doing it on imgur, but something to watch for.
Nathanyel
Looks like a bot misidentifying a target.
Sakkura
I think Rebecca Watson is absolutely one of their intended targets... just not for that particular spiel on that particular video.
MeeseOnABeam
look at what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power
cuzitsthere
I made my username "sockpuppet" on steam, PSN, Xbox, etc as a joke 20 years ago and now people think it's a riff on propaganda bots instead of jerking off into a sock... Idk how to feel about this, but I wanted to say it somewhere
Decitron
It’s a pretty good username. It’s got layers.
thedudeman519
They're doing it on any internet forum they can.
Maybe even more than that. WOuldn't be surprised if some form or another pop up in MMOs etc.
hsalonen3000
I guess the goal here is to drown you in sea of misinformation. It is everywhere and it's goal is to get you to question the real information and give false credit to people who spout that nonsense.
ModsSometimesHeedMyScamWarnings
They are. It's why I hunted so many bots and spam accounts on imgur. People give me shit and go: "they're just reposting some memes!" And I kept trying to point out how many either post scams or end up being used for political crap.
plortho
What's your bot-detection protocol? Please share [unless that's aiding the nmee]
ModsSometimesHeedMyScamWarnings
Honestly, it's kinda just 14/15 years of being here that I can see a lot of patterns. I used to call out the right wing bots and people helped me a lot. But when I called out the left wing ones people assumed I was evil. There's still a multitude of left wing posting accounts that I've identified from previous bad faith actors but I'm kinda over trying to point out a lot of em. I'm just waiting for that moment to see em post a scam link or something bending the truth a bit too far again.
NappaTheFriendlyGhost
Your lasagna recipe sucks! I've never seen someone suggest those ingredients! Wow! such bad. Lets all move to Russia where lasagna is amazing!
Decitron
skapanda616
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Oh, you are a wonderful credit to the community, friend.
skapanda616
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ajJseHkxeXlqajc3bnczMDJmOGU4cHk2ZGJhOTAwamM5Nmx4MzM2ZyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/7JgYv9FobG1HzAO8BA/200w.webp
spandecks
Add @ViperVortexVelociraptor to the list. They just hide their hate by deleting their comments after a day or two.
spandecks
@OutlawGerman @TheHunterofSkinHeads can you help some friends out? We need some heavyweights who can lend a hand outing VVV as the bigoted, facist-simping piece of shit they really are.
spandecks
@battleofhastings1066 can confirm V3 is a piece of shit
battleofhastings1066
Confirmed
spandecks
Arbitrarynamehere
Oh hey I was one of the people that argued with #3
He never did answer my question on how he felt about ICE killing white citizens
Bigblackdick69
I think I did too, his argument was "I will be racist until my account gets banned."
Nice to see their request is getting traction.
Goatfer
Awww oot has deleted all of his comments. Dumbass thinks the AI overhead shot was real...
TZO2k15
Fuckin' scurrying coward cannot let his comment stand, which means it didn't mean all that much to begin with...
skapanda616
/gallery/89c79DK
TyphoonMuscles
Not to mention this guy is also named after an Imgur user who committed suicide. Just an all-around prick.
skapanda616
And when this account gets banned he'll change the name of one his alts to keep doing it... Real piece of shit.
deadlywolf04
Don't forget spacehaggis, they're a Nazi republican as well.
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Etherealvalentine
Block does mute
plortho
Is there a way to temporarily unblock? (search turned up nothing)
plortho
*Tryna check on some bad actors without signing out, here.
BlindGardener
Imgur moderation has fallen in quality since the takeover, the Nazi fucks just make more accounts after getting caught.
SavageDrums
The "moderation" is the cheapest LLM they could find.
helyx
Mods are literal fascists. Cowards, the lot of 'em.
HeadJamistan
Mods are AI
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Oh, you missed this dude https://imgur.com/user/theimperiumofman40/comments
And his hundred other accounts that all regularly got banned in under a day.
Imgur Moderation has always been shit.
thedudeman519
Just checked their most reent dumbass comment :
"What was our ancerstors' nationality?"
"Anglo-Saxon" Weren't those two different "nations" ?
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Yeah. That dude was an absolute piece of shit. Someone once took like... the worst comment from across 100 of his accounts as a way to ask moderation to just fucking ban the usage of the name itself and Sarah and Alan still did absolutely nothing.
thedudeman519
Yea, unfortunately a LOT of shitheels in the Warhammer community.
Decitron
To white supremacists, history isn't about facts, but the story/ mythology of white people "civilizing" the world. Inconvenient facts are written over, evidence is to be destroyed, and people who know the truth are to be eradicated. Israel uses the same playbook to erase the nation of Palestine.
thedudeman519
That's what I figured. They think "Europe" some White, Christian utopia, while unironically also co-opting iconography from Odinism and the Norse. Who famously did NOT care much for Christians.
Decitron
Even when Europe became mostly Christian, it was barbaric wars between fiefdoms and nations at the expense of peasants and serfs, all so they could brag about which prick with a gold hat had the most land, and honestly, that's the white supremacists' wet dream; a nation of sickly, poor, & uneducated people fighting to the death or working themselves to death on behalf of some ultimate prick with a fancy hat whose only claim to power is the laargely-imagined accomplishments of their "ancestors".
WeatherWiz
Just block and move on.
Oatmealman1
Ask Nazi freaks should be ran out of every single little hole they try to his in. Don't let them feel safe or free ANYWHERE
100kr
Nah, you gotta run em off the platform like you would anywhere else you make sure they know there not acceptable or welcome.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
I dunno mate, 13K points on one of these nazis, "block and move on" doesn't work actually.
plortho
That account is perplexing. The writing is worse than a bot, yet the posts also have an r/subredditsimulator feel.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Bots fill this place and shit it up daily, yep.
plortho
*now researching Voight-Kampff tests..
plortho
[real world ones]
WeatherWiz
They could have 0 points or a million points. Once you block, you don’t have to see their comments again. Whenever I see comments like that I just block and move on. And I don’t worry too much about it!
ltoast
that solves the problem for you but they are still on here being nazis
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
What the other dude said.
This is about the community, not me.
Cataleast
I get you, but these accounts exist for the sole purpose of sowing discord and engaging people in pointless arguments. If everyone adopted the "block and move on" approach, the accounts would no longer serve a purpose, because no one would see their nonsense.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Many actually rely on not going noticed. They sprinkle the fascism in rarely. Others suborn old accounts, and so on. We'll do better as a community by calling it out when seen, so that others are aware and can block.
AeEvolution
ItS AbOuT tHe CoMuNiTy.
The same that keep spamming 24/7 anti-trump/ice/musk videos/posts with 999 times the same article/video/fb/reddit/twitter, with not even a tag to avoid people that doesn't want anything related to politics.
Pretty please, stop with the double standard about "the community", thanks.
MrsSusanStoHelit
"Double Standard" Lmao. Nah.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
The community isn't useless nazi cucks like you, thanks.
WeatherWiz
So if it’s causing an issue to someone, like you don’t want to see their trash, blocking stops. And a lot of them are probably just trolls and low-lifes who have nothing better to do than get into internet arguments. They feed and thrive off engagement.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Okay.