2016 Historical record: all ur (3 million) tweets r belong 2 us

By PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 4:09pm |

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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-were-sharing-3-million-russian-troll-tweets/

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Professor Warren is quoted at the end as wanting something shouted from the rooftops:

“There were more tweets in the year after the election than there were in the year before the election,” Warren said. “I want to shout this from the rooftops. This is not just an election thing. It’s a continuing intervention in the political conversation in America.”

“They are trying to divide our country,” Linvill added.

And then there's this sentence that just sounds so striking familiar. Especially as the familiar seems to have some trouble keeping up the kayfabe when questioned-takes a coffee break as it were--only to right himself soon after and spit out the scripted agita in order to earn his daily keep?

There was another big spike in the summer of 2017, when the Internet Research Agency appeared to have shifted its focus to a specific type of troll — one the researchers call the “Right Troll” — that mimicked stereotypical Trump supporters.

by artappraiser on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 10:34pm

2016 Historical record: all ur (3 million) tweets r belong 2 us

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