> You’ll also use social media [...] to share information meant to help change minds and behaviors in the U.S. Army’s interest. Back when I used reddit, I almo

> You’ll also use social media [...] to share information meant to help change minds and behaviors in the U.S. Army’s interest. Back when I used reddit, I almost certainly came across at least two (2) of these folks. I was participating in discussion on $GEOPOLITICAL_TOPIC on a certain subreddit (probably classified as a foreign TA) and on two separate occasions, users DM'd me in a friendly manner and seemed to want to have a good faith chat about it. They dropped lots of unsolicited links, one even said "I wish we could talk about this over drinks", but when I calmly refuted their talking points, they quickly ended the conversation. At the time it immediately reminded me of the analogous "deradicalisation" psyops in the context of far-right/Islamic extremism. The key behavior was the "trying to be your friend" bit. They could have just replied to my comments publicly, like a normal user.