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I'm so sick of hearing about Biden. How about point out any of the dozens of disgusting remarks and wants of the wanna-be dictator, cheetoh mcgee? It's almost as if all media companies are owned by right wing capitalist wankers.
Wait, that can't possibly be the case. *checks notes*
Oh shit.
Because Lemmy is flooded with Russian influence, and most of the news and comments are directed to Biden topics instead of Trump topics to keep the heat on the “right person”
What do you mean by that? That people use "Russian" talking points or that there are literally bots/agitators directly from Russia trying to shape the narrative here?
It probably real people.
Why would anyone pay someone to post on Lemmy? Not the biggest expense/exposure ratio, surely?
It’s not so much about posting, but influencing the direction of the conversation. Which can involve posting. There are plenty of groups who get paid to just talk shit online. I would be surprised if the US didn’t have a group too.
Yeah but on Lemmy? Of all places?
Lemmy's developers are actual tankies. The original and a still large instance is Lemmy.ml. The ML meaning Marxist Leninist. The mods there are ridiculously ban heavy around questioning anything to do with BRICS nations. They even preemptively ban accounts who post outside of their instance if you say truthful things like NATO is a defensive alliance, Russia is the aggressor in Ukraine, or China is being imperialist themselves in SE Asia.
Yeah I know, I subscribe to some communities there.
I will test this then! Russia is the aggressor in Ukraine and Putin is a cunt. Stalin was a monster. I'll make similar comments over on ml at the next opportunity. (Edit let's see how it goes https://lemmy.world/comment/11002066)
Just to be clear. I don't doubt that there are normal people here who are pro Russia or are tankies. What I doubt is that real people are being paid money to "influence the conversation" on this relatively obscure platform. That's all
Yea. Lemmy is a breeding ground.
I think this is less of a problem than you're implying
I think it’s more common than you understand it to be.
Also, Lemmy.world (your instance) has de-federated from a few of the more “active” instances that harbor many of those people.
Yeah I'm sure Putin's top priority is infiltrating the Linux nerds and Trekkies in their natural habitat. Facebook? Nah. Reddit? Nyet. We need to go where the real action is.
Like so.
Wanting a President that can string two coherent sentences together doesn't make you a Russian bot.
That’s true, and so far none of the people running can.
Hence the reason for why people are calling for one to be replaced as it's not a deal breaker for the other party
This is 100% accurate.