He generally shows most of the signs of the misinformation accounts:

  • Wants to repeatedly tell basically the same narrative and nothing else
  • Narrative is fundamentally false
  • Not interested in any kind of conversation or in learning that what he’s posting is backwards from the values he claims to profess

I also suspect that it’s not a coincidence that this is happening just as the Elon Musks of the world are ramping up attacks on Wikipedia, specially because it is a force for truth in the world that’s less corruptible than a lot of the others, and tends to fight back legally if someone tries to interfere with the free speech or safety of its editors.

Anyway, YSK. I reported him as misinformation, but who knows if that will lead to any result.

Edit: Number of people real salty that I’m talking about this: Lots

  • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catOP
    4412·
    4 days ago

    I replied to the person directly with why it isn’t true, and I reported them with an actionable report.

    I wasn’t sure about the ethics of brigading or linking directly at the person, but presumably anyone who cares can find them pretty easily, and anyone who reads this and then also reads the misinformation, will be able to see the connection and make their own decision about whether I am speaking truly.

    • MimicJar@lemmy.world
      1130·
      4 days ago

      anyone who cares can find them pretty easily

      I care, I have found nothing similar to what you’re discussing.

      anyone who reads this and then also reads the misinformation, will be able to see the connection

      I just read a post that said Wikipedia was the best website on the internet, was that the misinformation? Someone else donated, was that misinformation? People have shared a variety of thoughts around Wikipedia, most of them are positive, but some are negative.

      Negative doesn’t mean wrong. Negative doesn’t mean misinformation. It might be, but it isn’t certain.

      • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catOP
        253·
        4 days ago

        I just read a post that said Wikipedia was the best website on the internet, was that the misinformation?

        No.

        Someone else donated, was that misinformation?

        No.

        Wikipedia is only a source for truth for people that either don’t know what it’s protecting or are in the genocidal cult it is protecting.

        And then I asked the person about this genocidal cult and got no response whatsoever, almost as if it was, not just a negative thing, but a wild and inaccurate thing said apparently with not even a little pretense that it corresponded to the truth. Was that misinformation? Yes!

        Hope this helps.

        • MimicJar@lemmy.world
          1114·
          4 days ago

          So the “other” thread links here, so I’m going to link to them. https://lemmy.world/post/23535522

          I think that thread would have been a much better thing to post. However this isn’t some secret project, this is a single account that is obviously labeled, so this whole post is just a silly.

          YSK conspiracy theorists exist.

      • Shardikprime@lemmy.world
        58·
        3 days ago

        You are asking weighted nuance from Lemmy. You might as well squish rocks to get water.

        This post just reads as it could have been a mod report and that’s about it. Looks like outrage for the sake of outrage