I don’t mean those who are paid to do so -their motivation is obvious. I mean people who are destructive out of their own motivation and represent untenable points of view. Are they really serious about this?What’s the point?
I mean, it can’t all be the propaganda machine. What would be the point of trying that with Lemmy, who is paid for it? With LLMs, I can still understand that it could be done very economically, but even here there are real people who do it. Why? How did they come up with that? What is the goal? What drives them to do it?
I don’t get that at all.
Every response is like winning at a video game. They get a little brain rush that encourages them to do it more to get more/bigger responses.
But a response doesn’t mean they’ve won in any way…
It just means that someone has responded, nothing more. How can that be considered a victory?
Edit: Not me with the downvote btw - I don’t get why ppl feel the need for that either, but that is a different topic.
dopamine is literally the only reason we do anything, it’s the reason you made this post and responded to any of the comments, it’s given to you in little spurts every time you scroll down to read a new reply. this social media shit is digital cocaine.
The response is the win. It means they’ve been heard/seen. Think of it like catcalls. They just want a reaction.
I think the single downvotes that pop up on most posts is a bot or something. I’ve seen people complain about it. No worries. Or maybe it’s a troll. 🤷