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Re:If you speak Russian, call Russia and tell them what is h... by whoisthemachine on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:34PM (#30602781)
To be fair, Russia _does_ do a version of this extensively, with bots on social media. It still only manages to have some (maybe?) effect on ~30-40% of Americans, so your point stands, the tactic has limited effectiveness.
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Re:If you speak Russian, call Russia and tell them what is h... by mcguire on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:54PM (#30603133)
"Limited effectiveness"

Even a tiny effect on that much of the population is huge.

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Re:If you speak Russian, call Russia and tell them what is h... by whoisthemachine on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:56PM (#30604388)
Indeed! It is one of those things that is difficult to measure, but we know the strategy has some effect, otherwise they wouldn't do it.
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