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Russia's view on C19 changed from disbelief to acceptance in April I think? So either you will see this in the data, or you'll see them playing both sides. So

Russia's view on C19 changed from disbelief to acceptance in April I think? So either you will see this in the data, or you'll see them playing both sides. So where are the bots to close America? The study isn't even released yet. So who knows what they may have made up yet with their 'machine- learning'. There obviously is a lot of misinformation from nation states on Twitter and Reddit and HN. This press release is next to useless unless it has a point or interesting proof or names a new nation not Russia.

perl4ever 6y ago
"where are the bots to close America?" On FB, I recently saw a meme along the lines of "a couple weeks of eating their own cooking and white people are rioting".
- wetmore 6y ago
  Are you saying that's posted by a bot?
  - perl4ever 6y ago
    Well, it was posted by someone I know, but who knows where it originated. Any specific thing, who knows. My point is that if you assume the people promoting the protests are generally promoting unpleasantness on all sides, then it's in plain view - there's no question of why they aren't. What you see depends on your priors.
Barrin92 6y ago
>So where are the bots to close America? Bot disinformation campaigns like this tend to be fuelled by US adversaries and thus usually push into directions that are harmful or embarassing for the US, so there isn't much incentive to advocate for keeping the containment measures going, because that's essentially the sensible decision backed by health experts at this point. All the spam around covid, which you can even see if you just browse twitter yourself is mostly miracle cures, reopening the US, Bill Gates conspiracy theory stuff and so on.
- aaron695 6y ago
  > and thus usually push into directions that are harmful or embarassing for the US, No they aren't. They push conflict is the theory. If this theory is incorrect, then that's a big deal. But as I also said Russia also did a 180 on whether lock downs were good or bad. So we still should have seen this turn. They would have wanted the USA to lockdown at first, since they didn't. If any other country is involved, that too is a big deal. This press release just repeats what we know. Russia messes with twitter to piss people off, but the article leads with a great Russian designed title "Only bots push to reopen"

perl4ever 6y ago

"where are the bots to close America?" On FB, I recently saw a meme along the lines of "a couple weeks of eating their own cooking and white people are rioting".

wetmore 6y ago
Are you saying that's posted by a bot?
- perl4ever 6y ago
  Well, it was posted by someone I know, but who knows where it originated. Any specific thing, who knows. My point is that if you assume the people promoting the protests are generally promoting unpleasantness on all sides, then it's in plain view - there's no question of why they aren't. What you see depends on your priors.

Barrin92 6y ago

>So where are the bots to close America? Bot disinformation campaigns like this tend to be fuelled by US adversaries and thus usually push into directions that are harmful or embarassing for the US, so there isn't much incentive to advocate for keeping the containment measures going, because that's essentially the sensible decision backed by health experts at this point. All the spam around covid, which you can even see if you just browse twitter yourself is mostly miracle cures, reopening the US, Bill Gates conspiracy theory stuff and so on.

aaron695 6y ago
> and thus usually push into directions that are harmful or embarassing for the US, No they aren't. They push conflict is the theory. If this theory is incorrect, then that's a big deal. But as I also said Russia also did a 180 on whether lock downs were good or bad. So we still should have seen this turn. They would have wanted the USA to lockdown at first, since they didn't. If any other country is involved, that too is a big deal. This press release just repeats what we know. Russia messes with twitter to piss people off, but the article leads with a great Russian designed title "Only bots push to reopen"