I actually wanted to call this “This Is What We Talk About When We Talk About Russian Bots” https://www.buzzfeed.com/miriamelder/stop-blaming-russian-bots-for-everything?utm_term=.ay0KmomA7#.xq7aE1E52 …
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Been wanting to say this for awhile: please stop blaming everything on Russian botshttps://www.buzzfeed.com/miriamelder/stop-blaming-russian-bots-for-everything?utm_term=.dbllbnbAM#.vxRZkAkQo …
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Even the people who made the bot dashboard no longer believe in the bot dashboard https://www.buzzfeed.com/miriamelder/stop-blaming-russian-bots-for-everything?utm_term=.ay0KmomA7#.xq7aE1E52 …
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Basically, the next time you see a “Russian bots are pushing X” you can save yourself some time and not read the story https://www.buzzfeed.com/miriamelder/stop-blaming-russian-bots-for-everything?utm_term=.ay0KmomA7#.xq7aE1E52 …
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seconded. be sure to always spoof your location to somewhere other than Saint Petersburg, "Miriam."
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It is not about Rus bots. It is about small dedicated groups who've effectively pushed the narrative on story after story, advanced the cause of vile xenophobia, racism and antisemitism, pushed polarizing content, depressed the vote, hacked, phished & created an alt news universe
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There were 1000's of hashtags being juked by 100,000s of trolls and bots for a year and half, pushing extremism into the discourse and framing the news. You need to measure better. These tactics work: https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-the-trump-campaign-built-an-identity-database-and-used-facebook-ads-to-win-the-election-4ff7d24269ac …
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I can't think of anyone serious who blames everything on Russian bots. Not one. I do think it's curious that in the last 10 days, there's been an onslaught of "nothing to see here" articles published.
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You mean like
@Shareblue does?
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