That, or it's just collective reality taking its toll. Doesn't have to be an organised campaign of bots - can also just be fans of the idea across a diverse set of humanity.
If you think that doesn't happen organically, take another look at the site you're on.
An example is how during the election their was so many comments saying they won't vote for Kamala because of the genocide in Gaza. This is a deeply illogical position that directly helped Trump win and was very likely promoted by Russian bot farms.
Well, logically, there really were a significant portion of the population who in fact were not okay with what they were seeing in Gaza, from the very beginning.
Your "its the Russians" is just matroska-izing the real issue, which is that the people don't have a voice, in your mind, if the political viewpoint doesn't match a world view in which "the Russians are the bad guys".
The genocide of Gaza was been hugely unpopular since the very beginning.
"there really were a significant portion of the population who in fact were not okay with what they were seeing in Gaza,"
I'm not saying there wasn't. BUT the extreme consistency of the people commenting about it on sites like Reddit combined with the fact that it ultimately ends up helping Trump get elected makes me update my Bayesian estimate that Russia and/or the GOP is behind a lot of them. You saw the same thing in 2015 with all the "Hillary will start world war 3" posts. Those weren't organic at all. You see it in every US presidential election since Hillary v Trump: Many "people" making very similar posts about some reason why democrats or liberals shouldn't vote for the Democratic candidate. This works because voter turnout is what wins or loses elections.
Whatever lets you sleep at night.
Oh, as if "the Russians are comin' to brainwash us all" doesn't keep you up at night.
Give it up. The Russians aren't coming for you. You're gunning for them.
Systematic manipulation isn't brainwashing. The Internet has made it possible.
Says you! I don’t even know if you’re a bot.
You’re probably a bot because you say things I don’t agree with!
Wait! Maybe I AM THE ‘bot?
What were we talking about again?
If you see very similar comments being made by many different accounts over a small timeframe you are likely seeing bots.
That, or it's just collective reality taking its toll. Doesn't have to be an organised campaign of bots - can also just be fans of the idea across a diverse set of humanity.
If you think that doesn't happen organically, take another look at the site you're on.
An example is how during the election their was so many comments saying they won't vote for Kamala because of the genocide in Gaza. This is a deeply illogical position that directly helped Trump win and was very likely promoted by Russian bot farms.
Well, logically, there really were a significant portion of the population who in fact were not okay with what they were seeing in Gaza, from the very beginning.
Your "its the Russians" is just matroska-izing the real issue, which is that the people don't have a voice, in your mind, if the political viewpoint doesn't match a world view in which "the Russians are the bad guys".
The genocide of Gaza was been hugely unpopular since the very beginning.
"there really were a significant portion of the population who in fact were not okay with what they were seeing in Gaza,"
I'm not saying there wasn't. BUT the extreme consistency of the people commenting about it on sites like Reddit combined with the fact that it ultimately ends up helping Trump get elected makes me update my Bayesian estimate that Russia and/or the GOP is behind a lot of them. You saw the same thing in 2015 with all the "Hillary will start world war 3" posts. Those weren't organic at all. You see it in every US presidential election since Hillary v Trump: Many "people" making very similar posts about some reason why democrats or liberals shouldn't vote for the Democratic candidate. This works because voter turnout is what wins or loses elections.