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Russian bots are out of control, how can we fight back? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/lemmy_dev@programming.dev
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Every social media site is overrun by hundreds of Russian bots, some worse than others (Meta products). What can we do to combat this? Should those of us who don't want to live in a fascist dictatorship be running our own bot farms? Something has to be done to change the iron grip they have on the narrative of history and reality to the common man.

How can I make leftist bots to fight this plague?

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ITT: "Why you think it Russian bot, comrade? Russia never hack!"

There's enough available research to show that Russia is running massive bot programs, you're either living under a rock, ignorant, or it benefits you to deflect from the issue.

Edit 2: The user with the name like dimesix (I've blocked them) has gone through and downvoted all the comments he could on my profile. I wonder why this thread upsets him to such a degree that he'd do that?

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago

It really is everyone. It's not all bots. There's troll farms that employ people in poor countries. Republican think tanks are their biggest customers, but nation states like Isreal and russia get in on the act. You can hire the same people to shill your product for you as well. That's why you always see karma farming on Reddit, they're seasoning the account in order to sell it. You can buy accounts for every platform or just pay for likes.

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