Russia has no need of trolls, it would be an unnecessary waste of resources because there are enough real US citizens on the left side of politics doing everything they can to destroy the US all by themselves.Of course you could just be an online creation from the Russian troll farms that essentially manufactured much of the lies and mischief that has undermined many Western societies.
Russia’s amazing troll farm | MercatorNet
Welcome to the Russian troll house. Now flee!mercatornet.com
Inside Russia’s Notorious ‘Internet Research Agency’ Troll Farm
Inside Russia’s Notorious ‘Internet Research Agency’ Troll Farmspyscape.com
When two South Carolina professors studied Pro-Vladimir Putin social media posts in early 2022, they noticed a pattern - the Tweets, TikTok, and Instagram posts had the hallmarks of the Internet Research Agency (IRA), the Kremlin-backed trolls accused of meddling in the 2016 US election.
During Russian holidays and on weekends, the activity dropped off, suggesting the trolls had regular work schedules. Similar or identical text, photos, and videos were found posted across various accounts and platforms. An analysis by Clemson University and ProPublica found that the posts appeared at defined times consistent with the IRA workday.
“These accounts express every indicator that we have to suggest they originate with the Internet Research Agency,” said Professor Darren Linvill, who has been studying IRA accounts for years.
So what have the IRA trolls been up to?
A Justice Department indictment filed in 2018 and other reports have described hundreds of paid Russian trolls operating disinformation campaigns with an annual budget in the millions. A management group oversees the various departments - graphics, search engine optimization, IT, and finance departments among them.
The trolls are told to watch American TV shows like House of Cards and are given grammar lessons. To hide their Russian identity, the trolls use proxy servers, communicate in English, and use fake identities to establish hundreds of accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social media. Within time, those accounts gain followers and became more influential.
Elon Musk to make Twitter a free speech platform
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Hmm, thats interesting....
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Musk purchase of Twitter a done deal
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Once Musk purchases Twitter, he can then sue the board for lying about the number of bots and fake accounts.
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Twitter needed change. Any change will do.
But do people honestly believe Musk - who has thin skin and a long-long history of going after anyone who criticizes or disagrees with him is really going to make Twitter a free-speech zone? I think we're more likely to just see the censorship shift to the other side of the spectrum. Especially look at the past week - the world / media certainly turned on him with the Ukraine comments. How do we know he won't start rigging the polls on twitter in his favour? Anyways seems too late to influence mid-terms.
And all these years I thought kim dotcom was in jail. Learn something new every day.
But do people honestly believe Musk - who has thin skin and a long-long history of going after anyone who criticizes or disagrees with him is really going to make Twitter a free-speech zone? I think we're more likely to just see the censorship shift to the other side of the spectrum. Especially look at the past week - the world / media certainly turned on him with the Ukraine comments. How do we know he won't start rigging the polls on twitter in his favour? Anyways seems too late to influence mid-terms.
And all these years I thought kim dotcom was in jail. Learn something new every day.
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Dream on. What rubbish. He has to buy it. Can't get out of overpaying.
He can't sue the directors and they are also going to get a special ruling in advance that he will be forced to sign.
He is paying $4.20 and if he had of been a bit more careful he could have taken over the company for less than $3.
We all have brain farts but Musk must be really kicking himself on this. Let's hope his genius can make Twitter work.
Elon Musk’s $US44b Twitter rollercoaster takes a surprise turn
Elon Musk is quite eccentric but his about-face on his bid for Twitter after months of trying to wriggle off a $US44 billion hook is another twist in an already convoluted saga.
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Lets see how this rolls. I don't think it is going to be easy.
You have to have a limit somewhere.
One thing Musk can do is make sure everyone posting is a real person and traceable.
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Truth!
The deputy editor-in-chief at Germany's Bild newspaper calls on Elon Musk to reinstate Trump's Twitter account.
"It was wrong even then to lock him out. Quasi the definition of arbitrariness and hypocrisy."
The deputy editor-in-chief at Germany's Bild newspaper calls on Elon Musk to reinstate Trump's Twitter account.
"It was wrong even then to lock him out. Quasi the definition of arbitrariness and hypocrisy."
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Some real Tweets coming out, no censored crap
Virginia Trioli at the ABC isn't happy with Elon taking over
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Virginia Trioli at the ABC isn't happy with Elon taking over
She (sorry if l misgendered you) must be triggered
Virginia wants free speech, but only if it's left leaning (like the ABC). Read her article below - comparing Elon Musk purchase of Twitter to Darth Vader. She's an idiot.
Virginia wants free speech, but only if it's left leaning (like the ABC). Read her article below - comparing Elon Musk purchase of Twitter to Darth Vader. She's an idiot.
Elon Musk's Twitter takeover is a ploy for universal domination - by Virginia Trioli
Do you think Darth Vader learned to Force choke his disappointing underlings mostly because a lack of gravity in space prevented him simply chucking people off the Death Star?
Think about it. You know he would have wanted to.
Just ask the now ex-CEO, CFO, GC and policy chiefs of Twitter, all of whom were tossed off the Star Destroyer Twitter the moment Lord Elon Musk swept onboard, knocking down sentries with the wave of his black-gloved hand.
"I find your lack of faith disturbing," he growls, as he attempts to soothe Twitter's worried advertisers that he's going to turn the often-ugly platform into a "social media hell-site".
Insert your own James Earl Jones crunchy breathing here as you take in Lord Musk's threats… I mean promises.
"The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilisation to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence."
Twitter, he menaced, should be "warm and welcoming to all".
How does that Vader catch-phrase go again? "I am altering the deal…"
Reminds me of this -
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The rest of the article is a good read.
I like her.
From the article:
As a friend of mine noted, the relationships that people have with these social media sites is pretty ludicrous: they're all owned by billionaires and designed by expensively attuned algorithms we stand no chance of besting, yet we persuade ourselves that they are public spaces that are democratically designed and that we're entitled to.
I am a fan of Elon but don't have the belief you guys have about our interests coinciding with his.
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I never use Titter , so many uninformed comments floating around it dulls the senses and wastes time.
If Musk is taking it over for ideological reasons, that's a warning signal to me that maybe his ego is overtaking his reason.
Anyway, we will see, I don't really care one way or the other.
If Musk is taking it over for ideological reasons, that's a warning signal to me that maybe his ego is overtaking his reason.
Anyway, we will see, I don't really care one way or the other.
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All the stuff I am seeing is culture war stuff.
In the meantime Pelosi"s husband attacked by a madman with a hammer.
USA is going to get scarier.
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A/ because all the censorship has been around culture, politics, and their attendant issues.
B/ Irrelevant to free speech on twitter. There is more to that story
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We shall see. People believe those posts and are used as pawns to aggressively attack their perceived enemies.
Apparently the ex wife was a Trump hater and led nude protests or some weird sht. I think it was just a loon. She's going through some court case and something about a daughter hooked on drugs. So this might have been the trigger event. More details(unverified):
http://www.mynakedtruth.tv/2022/10/sentencing-hearing-november-4-2021-part-1/
Watch it be used as a maga attack.
Democrat run cities devolve into crime and drug infested shtholes. A lot of angry people.
As for Twitter, one huge problem with the platform was the unverified troll and bot accounts. I think accounts are now going to be verified to be human but can still be anonymous. You can then block all unverified comments from your feed. But verified accounts you will at least know its (most likely) not a troll farm.
The other problem was the extremist echo chambers that were allowed to exist. Banning one side fed into the divide. Nothing could be worse then what Twitter was under
