Trolls "Their goal? Not to convert. But to tilt the conversation. So your scroll became a subtle funnel toward division, outrage, distrust, or apathy." Thread: 👇

Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦@ducugavril.nafoforum.org · last yr.

From Trolls to Trends—When Behavior Becomes Influence Trolls didn’t need millions of followers They didn’t need to go viral They just needed to act like everyone else Because once their behavior shaped the feed, they shaped reality #Disinformation #NarrativeControl #TrollTactics

The EU must defeat Russia in Ukraine or prepare to fight Russia in the EU.

It's amazing watching the crowds who voted 95% for Assad 6 months being overjoyed at his removal.

This is basically what Russia did in 2016. The lesson of 2016 is: disinformation works.

John Sipher@johnsipher.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Many voters headed to the polls convinced that border crossings are higher than ever before (they are not), violent crime rates are rising (untrue) and inflation is soaring (ditto). We will never know how much this garbage may have swayed voters…” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/o...

In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American businessman and social media figure, Elon Musk (@elonmusk). He's best-known for being the wealthiest man in the world, running companies like Tesla Inc., SpaceX and Twitter, and for parroting Kremlin's propaganda narratives. 1/23