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Bots are one of the reason that NO social media should ever be used to get "public opinions" on anything! Not just via likes/votes either!
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It's absolutely possible that the bots drummed up public opinion. But regardless of what public opinion is or why it is what it is, it's also clear who the aggressor is.
>it's also clear who the aggressor is. let me guess. NATO?
So no, NATO isn't the aggressor.
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https://about.fb.com/news/2017/10/hard-questions-russian-ads...
Running an ad campaign is considered being a pro at manipulating social media? What did the campaign actually achieve?
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>it's also clear who the aggressor is. let me guess. NATO?
Only inciter. After running middle East they are too scared to aggress themselves. Fun fact, 75% of the world's population still trades with Russia .
NATO is not the inciter, that's a Russian whataboutism to grab territory where gas was found ( Crimea)
Why is this surprising or newsworthy? Putin is the villain.. straight up. Edit: thx for the drive-by downvote feedback, would appreciate if you'd engage directly if I'm missing something
Here we go again. Finding the villain of the year. This year it is Putin, Trump last year, etc pushed by the media and its propaganda. Anything that goes against it like this paper is upsetting those who believe what the media says and does and doesn't question their views or stories either. It can spread from bots on either side and with that you need to question both views on who is spreading their propaganda to di…
Don't forget about all those displaced families too.
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I read the abstract but not the paper. If it's accurate, it is an incredibly surprising result. We already know the Russians are pros at manipulating social media for the purposes of HUMINT, propaganda, etc. If they only represent 7% of bots, that means that: 1. Another actor, possibly a nation-state, is putting even more resources than Russia is into shaping the narrative, 2. Russia isn't actually trying very hard m…
Or 3. Western media got a lot better at filtering out Russian disinformation and propaganda, once the put their minds to it. I'm not sure I entirely believe that. The Russians aren't amateurs.
As you say the Russians aren't amateurs, but at the same time they've massively overstepped their mark this time and have galvanised action against them that possibly didn't particularly have the will before, since they poured a lot of money into platforms that would promote Russia's propaganda (hard and soft).
It seems that currently no amount of money can whitewash what they're doing. Of course that might change again in the future.
Why is this surprising or newsworthy? Putin is the villain.. straight up. Edit: thx for the drive-by downvote feedback, would appreciate if you'd engage directly if I'm missing something
I read the abstract but not the paper. If it's accurate, it is an incredibly surprising result. We already know the Russians are pros at manipulating social media for the purposes of HUMINT, propaganda, etc. If they only represent 7% of bots, that means that: 1. Another actor, possibly a nation-state, is putting even more resources than Russia is into shaping the narrative, 2. Russia isn't actually trying very hard m…
Am I reading it wrong, or does the article say that 90% of _accounts_ are pro-Ukrainian, 7% pro-Russian? Section 3.0 describes how they got the dataset (all tweets in a timeframe with a "#IStandWith[Ukraine|Russia|Zelynskyy|Putin]" hashtag). Section 3.1 describes how they assign national 'lean' to the accounts in their entire dataset; that's the section that has the 90%/7% numbers. Section 3.2 describes how they quan…
This is really a surprise to anyone? Russia may have more resources than Ukraine, but pretty much the entire world is on the latter's side. Especially social and major media. Bots are one of the reason that NO social media should ever be used to get "public opinions" on anything! Not just via likes/votes either!
Ukraine went fast and aggressive with the Ghost of Kiev and Snake Island propaganda. Russia: silence.
And you see it still today. Just this week, Ukraine claimed a pensioner shot down a Russian plane with a rifle. Meanwhile Russia just releases very dry Ministry of Defence updates.
I'm not sure if it's a strategy or a focus on domestic approval over foreign, but it sure is interesting to watch.