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[–]Spikygrasspod 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm glad you didn't see that sort of thing, either. It's not my report, it's someone else's collection of links, and I have no idea how seriously to take it. Is it possible to fabricate threads? I have suspected that trolls might post things to make us look bad, but I don't really know how common that is. I'm not the most familiar with reddit, so any help understanding this would be appreciated.

[–]fuckingsealions[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've done goofy shit in Photoshop 10+ years ago to razz people in old skool pre-reddit forums (to tease, not to take down). You take a thread from another sub to get the font right, make it look like it has a GC heading, etc. Maybe people were posting those things to snap a screenshot and discredit us. It's a very silly use of time but some of us are in quarantine. I'm brushing up on a language I used to study, other people are doxxing feminists, potato potahto

[–]Spikygrasspod 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh dear. I guess it goes to show that in order to understand any movement, one should really read both the accepted texts, the well known figures, and the general chatter in their own places, and not rely on extracts compiled by others.