it is absolutely shocking to me how many of you sincerely believed there were “Russian Bots” on this site lmfao. Could not even begin to comprehend that there was a significant population of users who had ideas counter to your liberal bourgeoise paradigm lmfaoo. No No, we’re not seeing a resurgence in radical thought due to the increasingly exposed contradictions of capitalist hegemony…. No, it must be bad faith actors trying to interfere with our holy and sacred ceremony where we choose one of two senile prospective war criminals. Get a grip.
I want to start this with that OP is making some solid points in follow up posts and I’m not really interested in arguing with stranger on the internet.
However, there are numerous sources confirming the IRA (internet research agency, a Russian company employed to engage in propaganda and influence operations online) had accounts on tumblr with the goal of influencing opinions.
But again if you look at OP’s follow up posts on this they are making good points about calling folks “Russian bots” when they have valid and insightful frustrations with candidate options during election seasons. Something I have seen myself in passing.
It bears mentioning that Tumblr claims to have deleted every proven IRA related account (there were 84 of them). The lesson we SHOULD have learned from the IRA accounts experience is that we should do our own fact checking and sourcing and research. But additionally when engaging with posts, especially those of folks with backgrounds different from our own, should be ideally something done in good faith that gives us pause and encourages us to seek viewpoints outside our own and maybe shows us gaps in our own knowledge and research that we should endeavor to fill. Not knee jerk reactions of “russian bot trying to lower democratic turnout” which is an insane response.
