• @Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz
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      891 year ago

      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.

    • Veraticus
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      481 year ago

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

      • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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        311 year ago

        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
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          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
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            101 year ago

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

      • @redcalcium
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        Why would any tankies support Russia? It’s no longer a communist state anymore.

        • Veraticus
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          The tankie unifying ideology is something closer to “everything 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
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          71 year 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
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          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
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      31 year ago

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

        • Cethin
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          31 year ago

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

    • gullible
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      121 year ago

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

        • /home/pineapplelover
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          91 year ago

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

          Hail Hydra!

        • @redcalcium
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          31 year ago

          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?

  • Nougat
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    271 year ago

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

  • @Nechesh@beehaw.org
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    101 year ago

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

  • nudny ekscentryk
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    91 year ago

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

  • @Mandy@beehaw.org
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    61 year ago

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