Purely unscientific, but my impression is that there seems to be an uptick in the number of "question" posts where someone will post a question about fill-in-blank obviously basic question answered in the faq. In particular, "what are your thoughts" seems to be a recurring theme. Anyone else getting this?
/Yes, I'm asking for your thoughts on this question, I know, I know.
Posted Jul 24, 2019, 5:24 PM UTC
By the numbers it hasn't been as bad as prior months (we had nearly 800 shitty posts in April) but the quality of trolling has gone down quite a bit. Bigotry, butthurt politics and really bad shitposts seem to be high.
Count for July so far is 457.
I don't know if they're increasing, but I think they're getting more hamfisted.
The one earlier today "I know most atheists are total assholes, but I wonder is there any talk in the atheist community about how much you guys are assholes? Your thoughts?"
I peruse for 0 Karma posts a few times a day because I find them the most entertaining. I was thinking the number was actually going down, not up.
I don't know and I don't care enough to investigate.
This, too, shall pass.
The worst are the ones "asking for a friend" or "my friend the christian says..." and it's always the poster asking or saying. We should keep a record of these blatant lies in the header.
School is out for the summer. In a few weeks, things will quiet down.
Absolutely, summer is always a bit heavier on that kind of post. Notice that the vast majority of them that give an age say they are 14. It's frequent enough to be suspicious.