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Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by maze-le »

EpicEng wrote: post #21
frockington wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One could also be defined as someone in Russia (or another boogeyman de jour) finding funny memes and posting them on the internet to troll Americans. As an America I posted Brexit memes that I found funny, does that mean I am also destabilizing a country?

>One could also be defined as someone in Russia (or another boogeyman de jour) finding funny memes and posting them on the internet to troll Americans Sure, in another universe where we didn't already know this stuff is a coordinated effort to destabilize our political system...

Not to defend any of this crap, but if a political system is destabilized so easily, it probably wasn't very stable to begin with...

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by frockington »

SiempreViernes wrote: post #22
rainieri wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry destabilize the US government? Destabilize over the 2 options they ALWAYS have? Oh sorry you have a Republican government now. What a destabilization. So in conclusion the only dangerous thing in that election is the fact that Trump could be blackmailed. And Hillary can't be blackmailed? Hilarious. -- thanks for the downvotes.

There are actually more than two options you know, at one point there were 17 nominees on the republican side. Out of all those 17, the biggest idiot won, and now you want to take away the best excuse for this fracas that the elites have come up with? I think the fact that the orange one is an idiot is pretty dangerous in and of itself, completely independent of however easy he is to be manipulated.

This is the logical step I've never been to follow and I am open to understanding. If Trump, the GOP. and all of his supporters are idiots, how did they win? If the liberals and liberal candidates were so smart, why did they lose so badly? It seems it would be easy to control a mass of idiots. I'm not trying to flame, I've never been able to follow this logic and am interested in how others view it

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by justherefortart »

darepublic wrote: post #12

During the elections r/politics and reddit generally was intensely pro Hillary. The margins who supported Trump did so regardless of some Russian originated postings of comments (like this one). Actually did you know I am an agent of the government of Malaysia. You've all been trolled and influenced in ways you don't even realize yet.

No it wasn't, it was pro Sanders and still is.

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by aristocles »

This is propaganda from intelligence agencies. The "RUSSIAN TROLLING" is an organic movement of right-wring nationalism that is building in America.

Russians may have tried to stoke the flames of the divide in America, but its real, and its here.

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by monochromatic »

justherefortart wrote: post #33
darepublic wrote: post #12

During the elections r/politics and reddit generally was intensely pro Hillary. The margins who supported Trump did so regardless of some Russian originated postings of comments (like this one). Actually did you know I am an agent of the government of Malaysia. You've all been trolled and influenced in ways you don't even realize yet.

No it wasn't, it was pro Sanders and still is.

During the primaries, yes. Once Sanders was out, r/politics just looked like the internet wing of the Democratic Party.

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by fastball »

fastball wrote: post #28

I found it interesting that they actually published the list of accounts: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/suspiciousaccounts

Looking through some of them, I would be interested to see a bit more detail into how they identified these accounts.

Because, for example, this account[1] never seemed to post anything political at all, but is included in the list.

1: https://www.reddit.com/user/reggaebull

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by fhood »

fastball wrote: post #38
fastball wrote: post #28

I found it interesting that they actually published the list of accounts: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/suspiciousaccounts

Looking through some of them, I would be interested to see a bit more detail into how they identified these accounts. Because, for example, this account[1] never seemed to post anything political at all, but is included in the list. 1: https://www.reddit.com/user/reggaebull

I don't know. Some of those photos of puppies are highly suspect.

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by EpicEng »

maze-le wrote: post #31
EpicEng wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>One could also be defined as someone in Russia (or another boogeyman de jour) finding funny memes and posting them on the internet to troll Americans Sure, in another universe where we didn't already know this stuff is a coordinated effort to destabilize our political system...

Not to defend any of this crap, but if a political system is destabilized so easily, it probably wasn't very stable to begin with...

It's not utterly destabilized, this isn't black and white. We know for a fact that a foreign adversary is _attempting_ this, which is a hostile.action. How successful they have been is incredibly difficult to measure, but that doesn't mean it's not a problem.
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