Is anyone else noticing an uptick in far-right content and Russian propaganda on reddit lately?

To me it almost seems like reddit has started pushing it.

    • Ledericas@lemm.ee
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      20 hours ago

      politics and news, just look at the comments that are collapses and hidden, alot of them are very unusual, they often use buzzwords, and out of date info. sometimes the hidden comments dont make sense.

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      1 day ago

      The assets are easy to spot because they spout Russian propaganda, are more articulate, show up suspiciously early in threads, and often post when it is night in the USA. I generally assume the threads with a sheer mass of early comments spouting Russian propaganda are bots, since they have bad grammar, and almost never respond. I guess they could just be from a huge troll farm with bad grammar that almost never response to comments.

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          4 hours ago

          It’s usually not subtle, and are almost always outright lies. Statements along the lines of ‘Ukraine is infested with Nazis, so invasion was justified’, ‘The threat of Ukraine joining NATO caused the war’, ‘Russia is the new Rome’, etc.

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          20 hours ago

          sometimes they also use buzzwords too, like saying both sides, and or use it in 3rd person.

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          1 day ago

          Also only happens before elections and in communities with a lot of users. They don’t go in to small and moderately sized groups geared toward specific topics.

          • CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al
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            13 hours ago

            It’s honestly frightening. If that’s what we know about God knows what else is influencing us and we don’t know they’re doing it