• Kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    1 day ago

    Seeing a lot of bots defend Wikipedia the past couple months. […]

    How are you determining that they are bots? Would you, by chance, have any examples?

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      19 hours ago

      “Astroturfers” may be a more accurate term. Especially in regards to Israel and Ukraine. There’s videos you can look up where they train Zionists to astroturf forums and strategically edit Wikipedia. The US Air Force has a massive astroturf farm at Eglin Air Force base pushing a lot of this, too.

      Whether these commenters are professional astroturfers, or just repeating what they’ve heard from one, I don’t believe it a meaningful distinction to make.

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        5 hours ago

        […] The US Air Force has a massive astroturf farm at Eglin Air Force base pushing a lot of this, too. […]

        Can you cite a source for this?

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        […] There’s videos you can look up where they train Zionists to astroturf forums and strategically edit Wikipedia. […]

        Can you cite a source for this?