• @PugJesusM
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    113 months ago

    They eagerly regurgitate state-sponsored propaganda, but I doubt any significant number of them are actually involved as anything but useful idiots.

    • @[email protected]
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      73 months ago

      Nah, I think Lemmy is treated as a training ground. Think about this - if an actual Russian or Chinese state propaganda agency approached Dessalines and offered to fund Lemmy development in exchange for getting their agents on the admin list, how quickly would he nut himself?

      • @PugJesusM
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        63 months ago

        Do you really think a tankie could stay quiet for long about being such An Important Part Of The Vanguard?

        • @[email protected]
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          63 months ago

          Lmao. State secrets are a patriotic duty, comrade. But you are right, they could definitely just infiltrate the instance with a sufficient number of terminally online information warriors.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 months ago

        lemmy was already like that before reddit fuckover, probably worse because we only had lemmy.ml, so no, just flood twitter, and chatgpt is cheaper