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A great investigative journalism piece on where the bots come from
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Acetyl 28 Sep @ 10:39pm 
I don't want to hear about elections. Bots are universal and go well beyond alleged political cycle tampering.
So does mean you-know-who actually won the 2020 election?
Yew Nough 28 Sep @ 11:01pm 
Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:
So does mean you-know-who actually won the 2020 election?
It's hard to tell who won what election anywhere with stuff like this happening

If people who are heavy into social media continue to use it as a source of information, they can easily be swayed by networks similar to the one reported.

It makes me question whether they extend to steam, reddit, discord, and other forums as well.
Uncle Sam 28 Sep @ 11:04pm 
Originally posted by Yew Nough:
Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:
So does mean you-know-who actually won the 2020 election?
It's hard to tell who won what election anywhere with stuff like this happening

If people who are heavy into social media continue to use it as a source of information, they can easily be swayed by networks similar to the one reported.

It makes me question whether they extend to steam, reddit, discord, and other forums as well.
They should extend to any place with a high amount of human traffic (ten of hundred thousands to millions), even if it means there will be also an absurd amount of bot traffic :lunar2020thinkingtiger:
Originally posted by Yew Nough:
Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:
So does mean you-know-who actually won the 2020 election?
It's hard to tell who won what election anywhere with stuff like this happening

If people who are heavy into social media continue to use it as a source of information, they can easily be swayed by networks similar to the one reported.

It makes me question whether they extend to steam, reddit, discord, and other forums as well.
Seems like paper ballots with ID at the polling location would help resolve the influence problem.
o 28 Sep @ 11:05pm 
king paul going after israel again, for his own dumb ideas.

maybe he even put them up to it!
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Acetyl 28 Sep @ 11:12pm 
Originally posted by o:
king paul going after israel again, for his own dumb ideas.

maybe he even put them up to it!
Related to Kingbot, I imagine.
Wild Child 28 Sep @ 11:13pm 
Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:
So does mean you-know-who actually won the 2020 election?
I mean, in retrospect, nobody wants to admit voting for Crazy Joe Davola.
Originally posted by Yew Nough:
It makes me question whether they extend to steam, reddit, discord, and other forums as well.
Absolutely. I know the paranoia will freak out the post cold war generations, but just assume that they are here or any other place that has a lot of users and is easy to get into. When you are reading extreme takes, conspiracies or calls for escalation be skeptical. The source might be propaganda or a victim parroting propaganda they fell for already.
Last edited by Othobrithol; 28 Sep @ 11:40pm
It really shows you the lack of thinking capacity that these supposed powerful people have spending money on meddling with elections. None of that matters. Its a global system. The agendas don't change regardless of who is in power as they serve the same masters anyway. By participating in elections you only harm your self on a legal-spiritual level.
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