No, like the peanut butter brand Jif.
Read the thread in full, it's much worse than The Verge makes it out to be - that was actually one of my contentions with this article when posting.
I don't think this take is accurate at all. Her actions in that thread appear (to me) entirely as a result of her environment, and honestly there is no basis for the idea she is not of sound mind. The victim blaming is really offputting.
If they're true, it's more than likely this kind of abuse was happening throughout the organization and continued up until these allegations, so I'm glad she came out with them.
Easy deploy makes it very simple, just basic Linux knowledge is needed: https://github.com/ubergeek77/Lemmy-Easy-Deploy
Fortunately, they don't need to! There are dozens of small open instances, and joining any of them helps the current centralization situation.
A Mastodon alternative apparently. Seems they haven't implemented ActivityPub yet? I'll stay away.
The definition of a "reply guy" in these comments seems to just make it a rebranding of the word we've used for them forever, trolls. Y'all are free to block trolls on most platforms.
Anyone who doesn't want genuine replies or advice can simply avoid posting in a public forum. That has been how it is since the inception of the internet and how it will continue to be.
The more I look at this, the more I doubt an AI was involved. Too many aspects of the clothing, body, etc are just way too consistent.
I've been warning people that Google making up their own web standards will end in disaster, for years.
Ya'll are going through one of the worst situations I could imagine, but I'm confident you will figure it out and come out better for it. Keep your heads up. (P.S. - Sorry about the scat, lol)