Comment by BrittainTheCommie on 06/12/2019 at 22:16 UTC*

24 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)

View submission: Suspected Campaign from Russia on Reddit

Confusion.

It's intended to disinform and overwhelm people so they a) don't know what to believe and b) eventually tune everything out.

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Comment by [deleted] at 06/12/2019 at 22:46 UTC

8 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Well it's seems too have worked on me. I have absolutely had it with everyone, concerning such topics on the internet. It's a never-ending circus of non sense. Barely any critical thinking and everyone's biased. Perhaps i engage the wrong type of people though.

Comment by mishmiash at 06/12/2019 at 23:18 UTC

2 upvotes, 3 direct replies

So how is this different from anyone on the internet who keeps lying all the time, saying things that didn't happen "totes did happen".

Are we going to banned anything deemed "a lie" by the soon to be formed "we decide what's a lie" comitee?

It sounds more like some groups are pissed that they aren't the only one who can lie to shift narrative, so they started to ban "anyone who doesn't lie the way I eant them to lie".

Comment by skylerashe at 06/12/2019 at 23:06 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Its depressing as hell and it's taken a toll on my mental health but I cant. stop. looking. I dont know if it's my ADHD impulsivity but I cant stop browsing news even though I'm aware of how much of a toll it takes on me. I feel like it's my duty to remain informed and detect the bullshit but it seems like it doesn't work that way for everyone. This scheme the Russians are playing is disgustingly effective. How can we inform the general population of truths to deter this kind of stuff? There's gotta be people smarter than me that know ways to combat the nonsense going on right?

Comment by Rrdro at 07/12/2019 at 00:59 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

You just wait until bots that can't be told apart from humans start spamming all political discussions. It will be chaos. Democracy is almost dead already.