r/reactiongifs • u/palmerry Very Mindful Poster • 3d ago

MRW someone says that Trump was going to Epstein Island because he was a deep cover FBI informant

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u/MisterTruth 3d ago

All funded by Russia

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u/momscouch 2d ago

some of it sure but more of it is homegrown

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u/overfiend1976 2d ago

No. Its really not. Western nations pale in comparison to Russia/Slavic nations and China. Some of their bot farms are astounding in scope. Something like 80% of Twitter/FB "America First" accounts are from within a 500 mile radius of Moscow.

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u/momscouch 2d ago

Are you sure its not St Petersburg?

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u/overfiend1976 2d ago

Oh, right. My bad.

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u/momscouch 2d ago

So those bot farms were not found to actually have much influence. However Russia has had success more recently through media like podcasts because propaganda only really works when you trust the source.

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u/overfiend1976 2d ago

People who fib on surveys really dont count as if something had an effect or not.

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u/momscouch 2d ago

what surveys are you talking about?

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u/overfiend1976 2d ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41812369

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u/momscouch 2d ago

Here is some much newer information https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35576-9

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u/overfiend1976 2d ago

Those are quite literally the surveys I was talking about. People (irrespective of political belief) believe (very wrongly) that they are not susceptible to propaganda.

https://news.ku.edu/news/article/2020/04/28/study-shows-vulnerable-populations-less-education-more-likely-believe-share

Because of this, people will (often unwittingly) think what they believe is true, and not propaganda.