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The entire community is run by Russian trolls who take the following approach:
Engage with anybody even remotely critical of the extremely pro-Russian posts, under the guise of being “modern-day communists”
Parrot and inflate anything that resembles far-right movements in Ukraine
Repeat all the Russian propaganda, such as describing the Ukrainian government as fascist
Misconstrue comments and incorrectly extract quotes
As mods, selectively delete comments to create a one-sided, pro-Russian narrative
Gang up with all their troll accounts onto a comment they deleted, chiming in with “wow, fascist” to make the casual observer believe that message must have been awful and they are the good guys
Fair. Have you seen an example of this?
In my limited imagination, bots that flood a topic has a tendency to do that. The the “ask reddit” bots I see in “All”.
Yes, browse https://lemmy.ml/c/memes.
The entire community is run by Russian trolls who take the following approach: