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Re:Fakebook: A tool exploring the 2016 U.S. election Faceboo... by calibas on Monday July 16, 2018 @05:27PM (#17545304)
I've looked through the Russian posts a few times, and to me it seems quite tame compared to the bitter, nasty, divisive rhetoric I hear sometimes from my fellow Americans. If this is the kind of thing that hurts our country, our own politicians are doing a far better job than the Russians.
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Re:Fakebook: A tool exploring the 2016 U.S. election Faceboo... by badlucklottery on Monday July 16, 2018 @05:42PM (#17545410)
Most of them are pretty tame but that's the point. It's something with a slight slant to get people to engage then it's all about slowly isolating them and luring them a bit farther down the rabbit hole with crazier and crazier shared posts.

It'd be hard to recruit for a cult that starts with poison kool aid on day one.

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Re:Fakebook: A tool exploring the 2016 U.S. election Faceboo... by calibas on Monday July 16, 2018 @05:54PM (#17545491)
Where can I see the "crazier and crazier shared posts"?
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Re:Fakebook: A tool exploring the 2016 U.S. election Faceboo... by nautilus12 on Monday July 16, 2018 @11:23PM (#17547059)
Thats what I came to see. Until I see this I call bullshit on the entire thing and seriously question the objectivity of those that push this theory. And thats not me being partisan thats just me being annoyed at the lack of real evidence being presented here.
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