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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (7 children)

A lot of troll accounts are semi-automated. They run a script that detects certain keywords, and posts premade replies to them (nowadays said premade replies are being finetuned with generative AI to look less uniform), also a human is watching over them to ensure both correct operation and to overtake in case of emergency.

Source: My father's ex-girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was (is) a paid online troll for Fidesz. They also had Discord (later Matrix if I recall) servers for organizing mass reports, downvotes, angry/haha react campaigns, often they also did some "private doxxing".

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (6 children)

    Seems like a rock solid source making claims that are definitely falsifiable.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Well, it's a first-hand account

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