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Ex-Manager of the Russian Troll Factory Moves to the U.S.

32 points by valeg 9y ago

hourislate 9y ago
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there was quite an effort launched to convince Zuckerburg that the Russians were using the platform to spread misinformation and propaganda. Zuckerberg basically laughed it off and did nothing. Zuckerberg is one of the evilest fuckers in the world and facebook is cancer.
- dang 9y ago
  Please don't post unsubstantive comments or name-calling to HN, regardless of how much you dislike someone or something.
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avmich 9y ago
> Burdonova applied for a Social Security number as a “Legal Alien Allowed to Work” in the U.S. This is consistent with the H-1B visa program. So Burdonova also got H-1b? Does she also work for the same employer? Or got it from different employer? Or is it not H-1b for her?
kriro 9y ago
"""Burdonova’s self-described “professional level” of English proficiency undoubtedly came in handy during her work at the troll factory. She reportedly had an outstanding command of English and gave English lessons to other IRA employees.""" From her post about national reserve parks: "there's slight but noticeable difference" I'm not a native speaker but shouldn't it be "a slight but noticeable difference"? Dropping the "a" seems very Russian, maybe a native speaker could comment since I know 0 Russian. But I've noticed the dropping of "a" with some Russians that speak English, similar to Spanish speakers using "on" in strange places a lot. I have no idea why these catch my eye (or ear usually). Since I often catch myself using German grammar constructs 1 to 1 in English I think one can probably re engineer the origin of someone who speaks English as a foreign language over a large enough sample of text (even if there's no accent). Well enough rambling but I thought it might at least be a bit noteworthy when we're talking about IRA etc.
- sAbakumoff 9y ago
  Yeah, we drop articles all the time because there is no such thing in Russian language.
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32 points by valeg 9y ago

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there was quite an effort launched to convince Zuckerburg that the Russians were using the platform to spread misinformation and propaganda. Zuckerberg basically laughed it off and did nothing. Zuckerberg is one of the evilest fuckers in the world and facebook is cancer.

dang 9y ago
Please don't post unsubstantive comments or name-calling to HN, regardless of how much you dislike someone or something.

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avmich 9y ago

> Burdonova applied for a Social Security number as a “Legal Alien Allowed to Work” in the U.S. This is consistent with the H-1B visa program. So Burdonova also got H-1b? Does she also work for the same employer? Or got it from different employer? Or is it not H-1b for her?

kriro 9y ago

"""Burdonova’s self-described “professional level” of English proficiency undoubtedly came in handy during her work at the troll factory. She reportedly had an outstanding command of English and gave English lessons to other IRA employees.""" From her post about national reserve parks: "there's slight but noticeable difference" I'm not a native speaker but shouldn't it be "a slight but noticeable difference"? Dropping the "a" seems very Russian, maybe a native speaker could comment since I know 0 Russian. But I've noticed the dropping of "a" with some Russians that speak English, similar to Spanish speakers using "on" in strange places a lot. I have no idea why these catch my eye (or ear usually). Since I often catch myself using German grammar constructs 1 to 1 in English I think one can probably re engineer the origin of someone who speaks English as a foreign language over a large enough sample of text (even if there's no accent). Well enough rambling but I thought it might at least be a bit noteworthy when we're talking about IRA etc.

sAbakumoff 9y ago
Yeah, we drop articles all the time because there is no such thing in Russian language.
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