Comment by justsomejew
1 day ago
"Russian troll armies.." if you believe in "Russian troll armies", you are welcome to believe in flying saucers as well..
1 day ago
"Russian troll armies.." if you believe in "Russian troll armies", you are welcome to believe in flying saucers as well..
Are you implying that the "neo-KGB" never mounted a concerted effort to manipulate western public opinion through comment spam? We can debate whether that should be called a "troll army", but we're fairly certain that such efforts are made, no?
Russian mass influence campaigns are well documented globally and have been for more than a decade.
It is also right in their military strategy text that you can read yourself.
Even beyond that, why would an adversarial nation state to the US not do this? It is extremely asymmetrical, effective and cheap.
The parent comment shows how easy it is to manipulate smart people away from their common sense into believing obvious nonsense if you use your brain for 2 seconds.
Of course, of course.. still, strangely I see online other kinds of "armies" much more often.. and the scale, in this case, is indeed of armies..
Whataboutism, to me, seems like one of the most important tools of the Russian troll army.
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Going by your past comments, you're a great example of a russian troll.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency
Here's a recent example
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-d...
This is well-documented, as are the corresponding Chinese ones.