I’d say they are expressing honest opinions that happen to be useful to Russian state interests
the people producing the content that I’ve seen talk about it so far have said there was no editorial line at all, and they individually all had full control of what they produced. the company’s only creative contributions were when it made thumbnails and posted clips
there’s a bunch of people on Lemmy really mad that they can’t tell everyone not to vote for Biden anymore.
is there any evidence for this claim at all?
glenn beck made the single strongest case i’ve heard for kamala this morning: of all the electeds in DC, she was ONE of EIGHTEEN signatories on the green new deal.
i really didn’t think i’d come around on her, but glenn is who sold me on obama too so it makes sense.
oh: sync.
no, thank you
how do you tag people?
i didn’t defend anyone or the general act of shilling.
i am going to push back on that a bit and say that your presumption about other users is unfounded and toxic to the community.
Also, what makes you so sure that these are private accounts?
i assume that other users are actual users. there is no reason for you to assume they are not.
they dont interact with anyone except to spread hateful messages, and the messages are copy pastes of other bots.
i have never seen this.
this is a platform for people to discuss topics that interest them. i have every reason to believe it’s populated by people discussing topics that interest them.
I don’t think private individuals without a political agenda
i don’t believe there are private individuals without a political agenda
I can only conclude from such behavior that it is not about exchanging ideas with others, but about promoting a clearly defined world view,
some people want to spread their ideas. that doesn’t make them not-people or even require that tehy are paid.
they only post on thing topic with some random sprinckled in
so? they might care a lot about one or two topics.
anyone can read this and see
what makes you think they aren’t sincerely held beliefs being posted by real people?
I have presented exactly as much evidence as anyone else.
she’s not a russian asset.
this has no context