Has anyone else noticed this, across the fediverse, Lemmy specifically. A lot of new users, but also a lot of first posts that are very inflammatory/rage baity.
Do we have another legit influx of new users? Or do we just have some bad actors trying to stir the pot? Or maybe I’m imagining it.
Bots originating in russa, china, etc, etc spreading social unrest
Those countries want to divide us and it’s working
That’s true in most places, but until now it’s been relatively quiet I’m here on the fediverse
What has ended up happening in the replies to this comment is exactly what OP was talking about.
We have a saying “People who think too highly of themselves and can’t fix their problems will always make up a bogeyman to blame”
Did the tankies lead you to support the genocide? Did the tankies keep you from keeping Israel/US accountable for their crimes?
No buddy, your “countries” did those all on their own and were proud of it. The countries are only changing their tone as the hypocrisy is failing to keep up with the lies.
But you do you. You’re such good guys and have never done bad to anyone else and also “never” fought among yourselves.
If it takes some Chinese and Russian trolls to divide you, you’re never really “together” bud. But again whatever makes you sleep at night.
hehe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_web_brigades
That’s a lame and cheap attack and also ridiculous.
Try replying to these so-called “Russian and Chinese bot accounts” and see what happens
You won’t get evasive and broken English, rather a long and thorough breakdown grounded in theory and history
Lol
“Theory and history”
Try it and see
Degenerate tankies white washing a genocide being commited by a country that is no way communist is not “theory and history.”
And even “historical” discussion is usually along the lines of “it’s a good thing that Stalin collaborated with the Nazis and split up Europe!” or "Not wanting to have you culture exterminate by the russians is Nazism!
Keep in mind this is not my first day on Threadiverse! Playing dumb is not going to work with me.
So people are just pretending that astroturfing by foreign nations isn’t real now? Cool.
I don’t really have an opinion about whether “astroturfing by foreign nations” is widespread on the internet overall. I will note that we have to take the word of intelligence agencies and big tech companies as the only evidence in the public record that it’s happening.
What I am saying is that here on the fediverse, the people who throw around that accusation are childish and ill-informed every time.
Basically, these people are saying that they can’t even imagine the possibility of people believing differently than the national media narrative of their home country, which is a pretty embarrassing self-own if you ask me.