Comment by webmaven

5 years ago

> By that logic, couldn't you just undermine the credibility of all temp accounts by creating your own temp accounts to enthusiastically agree with them?

False-flag sock-puppetry seems like an interesting combination. I'll have to remember that one.

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kortilla  5 years ago

That was one of the tricks used by Russian trolls throughout the 2016 election and Trump presidency.

Sock puppets obviously sock puppets agreeing with “the other side” so you would convince yourself whatever “side” you were on was obviously correct if the other side needed sock puppets.