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re: 200,000 Russian troll tweets

Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:53 pm to
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
18763 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:53 pm to
Yep, it was the Russians that created all this division.



Posted by Aristo
Colorado
Member since Jan 2007
13292 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:53 pm to
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And they're not done.


quote:

Those last four words are the most frightening.


You're scared of a fricking tweeter?
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
73526 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:56 pm to
Yeah troll tweets made people vote for Trump

Posted by stat19
Member since Feb 2011
29350 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:56 pm to
quote:

Sprung




I think your brain has sprung.

#MuhRussians
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78010 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:57 pm to
wait what have these 200,000 russians done???



i'm not on twitter so i'm not sure what i'm supposed to be outraged about.

anyone have a tweet they sent that I can evaluate for propaganda?
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:58 pm to
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You're scared of a fricking tweeter?


It truly is fascinating. But I think I'm starting to realize that the Russians thing is just an extension of something the Liberals have been doing for my entire adult life.

Every time they have lost in a big election we have heard the exact same thing. Hell they've even written entire books on the subject. And that subject is how the voters were duped into being so stupid as to not vote for Democrats

Of course if you're going to say the voters have been duped you need a villain. That villain 20 years ago give or take was Rush Limbaugh and then later on just conservative talk radio in general

Then it was Fox News. Fox News do to you all into being so dumb as to not vote for Democrats

But like all forms of whining they lose their effectiveness over time. So now we go to Russians

And this one's a much better tool because Russians have been a bogeyman for a long time. Then there's the added benefit of the fact that very few Americans know Russians

Social media generally fricked up the whole Fox News and Rush Limbaugh whining because Americans realize their neighbors and Friends were included in that group
Posted by JimboFisherAM
Member since Dec 2017
569 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:01 pm to
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Worst hush money deal in the history of hush money deals.


Am I wrong? Isn't there a poster on here who masquerades as a BLM activist?

It just strikes me as funny that he does the EXACT thing Russian trolls do.
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:03 pm to
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It just strikes me as funny that he does the EXACT thing Russian trolls do.


It should strike you as obvious

BLM is insane

They make for easy trolling
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:03 pm to
Posted by JimboFisherAM
Member since Dec 2017
569 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:08 pm to
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It should strike you as obvious BLM is insane They make for easy trolling


Well comrade, you're not alone in your thinking.
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:10 pm to
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Well comrade, you're not alone in your thinking.


On my point, there should be no sane American not with me

Frankly. I find it hard to imagine fake BLM could figure out how to be worse than real BLM.

Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
146683 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:11 pm to
Twitter bots, disguised as Americans, attack FISA memo and Trump; promote warhawk McCain.



Example of Twitter botnet pushing anti-Trump, pro-McCain stories today.

Posted by stat19
Member since Feb 2011
29350 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:11 pm to
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i'm not on twitter so i'm not sure what i'm supposed to be outraged about.


I refuse to support the shitty company as well, so I'm just going kick dirt and scream at the sky.
Posted by JimboFisherAM
Member since Dec 2017
569 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:12 pm to
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Did our poking our noses in Russian business in 2011 bother you?


No, but the last article you linked is telling of why Putin would have wanted Trump elected.

quote:

Politico Jul 25, 2016 - Why Putin hates Hillary
Posted by BigAppleBucky
New York
Member since Jan 2014
1807 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:14 pm to
It isn't just Twitter. It's all social media. The ID'd twitters are the tip of the iceberg. Also, we know that the Russians accessed the voter databases in 21 states. Will they be able to do more in 2018? Probably.

Will they erase voter registration records for people who they feel won't be voting the way they'd like? Perhaps. Or, as they did in North Carolina and Dallas, just screw up voting machines in precincts they don't like?
Posted by JimboFisherAM
Member since Dec 2017
569 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:16 pm to
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Frankly. I find it hard to imagine fake BLM could figure out how to be worse than real BLM.


But that's just it. With bots trolling, and other fake twitter account users like the aforementioned one on TD, how do you really know who you're dealing with?

I assume the fake accounts are simply adding hyperbole to their cause and making them seem more extreme and less relateable, therefore driving further divide.

It worked and probably will continue to.

Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:16 pm to
I absolutely believe Putin would want Trump over Clinton. For sheer spite from our interference in their 2011 elections (and BREXIT and the Israeli elections as well). And yet we have the gall to get upset that he potentially struck back.

It is hilarious.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:17 pm to
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BigAppleBucky
Keep clutching those pearls.
Posted by PuddinPopPharmacist
Member since May 2017
790 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:20 pm to
200k is like the tiniest drop in the bucket for Twitter. This actually proves how little impact and presence the Russian bots have.
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 2/14/18 at 3:21 pm to
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But that's just it. With bots trolling, and other fake twitter account users like the aforementioned one on TD, how do you really know who you're dealing with

Well. Not all BLM are people unknown to me. So there's that.

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I assume the fake accounts are simply adding hyperbole to their cause and making them seem more extreme and less relateable
I frankly don't know how that would even be possible. The known BLM odds pretty fricking awful

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