I get past a few posts in all and then it’s just him posting in political communities.

Half of his stuff is downvoted

How do I stop seeing this? Is there way for blocking particular user to not see their posts?

  • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml
    139·
    1 year ago

    He’s actually a nice enough guy, but he has a rose-colored glasses when it comes to China and the CPC. As someone who worked at China Daily, I assumed he works for state media! He said he doesn’t but he hoped to go to China someday.

    Given how often he posts, I’m a little concerned about his mental health, but maybe this is what keeps him sane. Better than shooting people in a mall, that’s for sure!

    I’d actually like to meet the guy and have a cup of coffee

    • bauhaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
      166·
      1 year ago

      He’s actually a nice enough guy

      not if their comment history is anything to go by— insulting, hostile, and combative comments, many of which are heavily-downvoted (except on lemmgrad.ml, which is an echo-chamber for tankies).

      • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml
        53·
        1 year ago

        I don’t think many people engage with him in a way that doesn’t force him to be defensive. He’s like a dog that’s never been petted properly, only receives shouts and whacks on the head. I engaged with him earnestly and he was suspicious. Eventually I got him to let his guard down a little and he interacted amicably.

        Again, I do worry about his mental health. Then again, I worry about mine

        • bauhaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
          53·
          1 year ago

          How very sweet and empathetic of you. Really. And you’re probably right, to some extent.

          Regardless, it’s really no excuse for their behavior.

          • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml
            43·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, I can be an asshole online sometimes but he can reach another level. I guess you just gotta laugh at the situation: a guy passionately simping for a foreign government of a country he’s never visited. 😂

          • MORTARS@lemmy.ml
            23·
            1 year ago

            I look forward to seeing you develop an inferiority complex around my posts as well

            • bauhaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
              14·
              1 year ago

              I look forward to seeing you develop an inferiority complex around my posts as well

              how sad

              • MORTARS@lemmy.ml
                23·
                1 year ago

                what a weird response. I’m doing post necromancy?? who cares. 💀 Someone linked me to this. I “came out of nowhere”, like everyone does on the internet.

                your psychobabble is corrosive to the fediverse and is repugnant to me & anyone who cares about freedom of information.

                yogthos & SeventyTwoTrillion & other power-posters are like “seeders” on a torrent, whereas you are a “leecher” on a torrent. people like them are the lifeblood of niche platforms like lemmy. they are self-curating content aggregation machines. instead of trying to muzzle people you disagree with because engaging with them went south, disengage and post something contrary. you are trying to bring friction and conflict to lemmy.

                you may as well be paid by Zuckerberg or Google to be here to destroy an open source project.

                • bauhaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  16·
                  1 year ago

                  interesting rationalization for your toxic, rage-bait ramblings. I recommend you consult a medical professional, as they would be better-equipped to help you with your… problems…

                  best of luck!

                  • MORTARS@lemmy.ml
                    26·
                    1 year ago

                    what you’re participating in rn, this conversation with me, this is the magic right here baby. we could engage in a dialectic with milliseconds delay. what you call toxicity and want to shut down is the magic of free speech you claim to defend ☝️🤓

                  • MORTARS@lemmy.ml
                    16·
                    1 year ago

                    toxic? rage bait? unless you’re continuing with your schizoid delusion that everyone who happens to like Yogthos’s posts is a paid government shill or the man himself, you must mean the above replies? 😂

                    everything I’ve sent to you is nothing of the sort. i guess you’re such a thin-skinned individual that being corrected on your snickering goblin mode behavior is just too much without breaking a sweat. being wrong is good. it’s a chance to learn. the sad thing is illiteracy, darkness, censorship.

                    you should go on Weibo and see the “censorship” taking place - in 2021 a blogger got a case brought against multinational company Lenovo by the government just by posting about it. the western social media China is blocking is what we’re using Lemmy to get away from, you dunce. those are the toxic rage bait platforms full of hatred! they were right to block western social media like Twitter after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2009_Ürümqi_riots was organized on there. fundamentalists who hated the indigenous turkic chinese muslims beat over a hundred people to death!

                    is that the kind of thing that should be protected by any free speech law in the world? nobody thinks that lmao. besides they can use a vpn easily

                    your flippant statements about chinese censorship are hypocritical on a platform which is a refuge from the west’s digital hegemony of lies, censorship & hatred. they ban venezuelans, haitians, nigeriens en masse without reason. you’d be welcome on weibo if you could keep your own toxicity down & learn a damn language haha

          • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml
            25·
            1 year ago

            Following up… I think the guy is so disillusioned and angry at his own country (rightfully so, IMO) that he romanticizes China as the only viable alternative.

            Any hole in that balloon threatens his sanity. I honestly feel bad for the guy. He’s probably not well… I wonder what he’s like IRL

            • MORTARS@lemmy.ml
              33·
              1 year ago

              I like how you guys think that him posting a lot of informative links is a sign of mental illness.

              But stalking his account, trying to “get his guard down”, and fantasizing about him in a nasty, passive aggressive, parasocial way, that’s all normal and good for you.

              Are you sure you’re not a little addicted to propaganda yourselves? Why are you attacking him like he is your mom trying to take away your bong?

    • MORTARS@lemmy.ml
      17·
      1 year ago

      mass shootings are a decidedly right wing phenomenon. this goes back to columbine. dummy

      if you think you can just make hostile replies to someone who posts things you dislike and call them mentally ill for repaying you in kind, what would that say about your own behavior 😂

      i guess you miss reddit already huh? want to post about how tencent is censoring the tiananmen square massacre posts?