And we shouldn’t allow this concept to go unchallenged here on Lemmy.
Commenting on an active post is not brigading
Posting a link to something is not brigading
Commenting on something you were linked to is not brigading
The only thing that might be brigading, but isn’t because it isn’t a real thing, is someone explicitly going, “Hey everyone, go here and harass this person”
It’s all fine and good that we have some new rules to keep the peace with other instances but we must fight against 
They’re really crushing this speed run.
“Were creating a decentralized space where different opinions and people can all interact with each other to whatever extent the users want”
“Hey why are there people here saying that Biden isn’t the savior of the working class, clearly this is harassment”
It vibes strongly with the “outside agitator” discourse that always shows up during mass protests. “Surely our wonderful posters would never dunk on me, it must be outsiders coming in to persecute me!”
It’s 1865 and “outside Agitators” are riling up minorities
It’s 1965 and “outside agitators” are riling up minorities
It’s 1991 and “outside agitators” are riling up minorities
It’s 2020 and “outside agitators” are riling up minorities
I tire of these Democrats. I tire of their dissembling