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> Wow, a grand total of 75 user accounts, and $130 000 of ads. > How is this anything but a drop in the ocean? It's the tip of the iceberg. You're ignoring s
by ardy42 8y ago
> Wow, a grand total of 75 user accounts, and $130 000 of ads.
> How is this anything but a drop in the ocean?
It's the tip of the iceberg. You're ignoring second order effects. The people those accounts influence will influence others. Russian agents might have written the first few disinformation articles claiming the US Government created AIDS to attack blacks and gays [1], but once they got the ball rolling on that meme, others did the rest of the work to spread it for them.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_6dibpDfo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_6dibpDfo
- rocqua 8y agoWould Russia really have so few influential accounts that a loss of 75 could hurt them? I don't doubt the effect 75 accounts could have. I do doubt the effect reducing Russian inventory of fake accounts by 75 could have.