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You have a lovely home (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 51 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Definitely this. It circulates widely because it generates outrage, even though the number of people who actually believe this is miniscule. This is the same technique right-wing media uses

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    It might even be the same people. I suspect that, but don't have any proof.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Russia has repeatedly and explicitly said they are playing both sides of the US/Western political divide against each other in online rate campaigns.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    how important is proof and what would you do with it?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I have no idea how anyone could prove it. But if I could, I would remove these types of posts as spam.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    i mean i might be able to dig through logs and find similarities between times, vpns, etc. we're talking forensic bullshit but i'd need instance level cooperation and it's work work, so i'd need money. it honestly doesn't sound worth it on either of our ends since my rates aren't really what you'd be looking to pay. i used to be an accountant in a former life, before my disability got too bad, and did a few forensic gigs a year.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    As I said in another comment, I don't think OP meant it as troll bait. He probably thought it was funny and the trolls go off on it. They'll make up opportunities if they can't seize them. I do think "they" post stuff like this specifically to stir up shit, but not this one. I think it was opportunity trail bait.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    I think the person who posted this was placing the emphasis more on the comic at the bottom which calls out the unnecessary shittiness of the original tweet.

    That's not exactly ragebait, that's more "someone said something shitty and this is why it's shitty."

    It has a utility. Calling out shittiness is an important antidote against that type of shittiness. It's like it builds people's psychological antibodies, so when they encounter it in the wild they know not to take it seriously. They know they aren't the only one's who see through it.

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