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5,000 bots were pushing a Russiagate meme across the internet particularly Twitter (Original Post) malaise Apr 2019 OP
The closer the 2020 election comes, more trolls Iliyah Apr 2019 #1
Some Democrats push them too, depending on the candidate. watoos Apr 2019 #2
There are hundreds on DU right now Blue_Tires Apr 2019 #3
Bot arguments are always shallow in nature. Especially on Twitter. displacedtexan Apr 2019 #4
Rudy G: "It's OK for Trump to get help from Russia on elections" uponit7771 Apr 2019 #5
But, but, Jared Kushner says all Russia did was buy some Facebook ads Brother Buzz Apr 2019 #6
2020 is going to be a shitstorm of epic proportions 0rganism Apr 2019 #7

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
3. There are hundreds on DU right now
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 09:35 AM
Apr 2019

each one with probably a dozen alt accounts... The good news is 99.9998% of them are laughably easy to spot.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
4. Bot arguments are always shallow in nature. Especially on Twitter.
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:34 PM
Apr 2019

I've started quoting President Bartlett in response: What are the next ten words?

0rganism

(23,967 posts)
7. 2020 is going to be a shitstorm of epic proportions
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 12:56 PM
Apr 2019

anyone who thinks this election is a walk for Democrats better get their head out of the sand.

Republicans have a thousand focus-group-approved memes and a practically infinite number of bots they and their allies can spawn to push those memes. they have a television "news" network devoted solely to Republican infomercials. they have the DOJ ready to investigate their "enemies" as identified by their "news" network.

being worried about how impeachment hearings will look bad for Democrats is like fretting about your toilet backing up when a tsunami's about to wash your neighborhood away.

we have never seen the likes of what's about to go down. people rightly praised Obama, Democrats and Sanders for making strong use of the internet for messaging and fundraising over the last decade. turns out, the Republicans were paying attention after all.

we're already in the ideological fight of our lives, but we're still acting like old protocols and traditions of civility from previous generations will preserve hard-won liberal values.

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