this isn’t about people. this is about a drastic reduction in bots posting. and so we’re clear, the disinformation mechanisms are also running botfarms on google hardware, too, just of a different flavor
i wanna make sure it’s clear that i don’t know if this is true. it’s just that this is the context under discussion. the differences i have noticed have mostly been on corporate social media. fewer overt fascist takes and more honeypot sex bots is what i’ve noticed. but this could be for a litany of reasons
Thanks for clarifying, I’ve seen a lot of people saying that about fediverse comments without any evidence but I could believe there’s a measurable difference on corporate social media just because it’s a lower hanging fruit
there’s some impact on the threadiverse, i’m sure, but i’d wager that the MAIN impact is the impact corporate/fediverse users bring into the threadiverse because that’s the point of influence campaigns: to influence what people feel and think away from the campaign targets
Every time I open reddit to look into a piece of discussion for a technical issue that isn’t mentioned anywhere else on the internet, I’m completely assaulted by ads, and that hasn’t anything to do with bots, so I’m gonna go ahead and say “nah”
this isn’t about people. this is about a drastic reduction in bots posting. and so we’re clear, the disinformation mechanisms are also running botfarms on google hardware, too, just of a different flavor
Do you have any stats or is this ‘trust me bro’?
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/russian-disinformation-bot-traffic-nearly-eliminated-overnight-after-ukraine-drone-strikes-cripple-multiple-of-russias-google-data-centers-ukraine-intensifies-bombing-of-yandex-data-centers-in-response-to-moscows-strikes-on-kyiv-data-centers
i wanna make sure it’s clear that i don’t know if this is true. it’s just that this is the context under discussion. the differences i have noticed have mostly been on corporate social media. fewer overt fascist takes and more honeypot sex bots is what i’ve noticed. but this could be for a litany of reasons
Thanks for clarifying, I’ve seen a lot of people saying that about fediverse comments without any evidence but I could believe there’s a measurable difference on corporate social media just because it’s a lower hanging fruit
there’s some impact on the threadiverse, i’m sure, but i’d wager that the MAIN impact is the impact corporate/fediverse users bring into the threadiverse because that’s the point of influence campaigns: to influence what people feel and think away from the campaign targets
I wonder if Reddit is actually tolerable at the moment
Every time I open reddit to look into a piece of discussion for a technical issue that isn’t mentioned anywhere else on the internet, I’m completely assaulted by ads, and that hasn’t anything to do with bots, so I’m gonna go ahead and say “nah”