• OpenStars@discuss.online
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        2 days ago

        This account (that you responded to) was created a mere few hours ago. It might even have been created purely to troll people, possibly by someone who has gotten used to being banned using a recognizable account name.

        On PieFed I find it very helpful to see an icon next to people’s names indicating brand-new accounts. Some Lemmy apps can do that as well (I switched over to Voyager here to see if it would, but nope, at least not by default). Anyway I wanted to point out that it is a very useful feature, for exactly such scenarios as this!

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          1 day ago

          Accounts less than 30 days old can be highlighted in voyager by going to settings > general > comments > new account highlightanator

          As you say, probably a troll.

          • OpenStars@discuss.online
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            17 hours ago

            Thanks - I actually had the setting turned on already but triggering it off and back on again caused it to start working properly, for whatever reason. Indeed that is a helpful indicator:-).

    • arafatknee@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      Confirmed. British people are low information voters and easily manipulated. See also voting for Boris Johnson