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Re:60-80% of Tweeters posting on Russia-Ukraine war are bots... by mc32 on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:44AM (#32867703)
Imagine if the USG had this power in the 60s and 70s as draught dodgers and war protestors sought to provide an alternative perspective. With this technology and todays psyche, they would have been buried and labeled as foreign agents and bits and what have you. People cannot lose sight of that. We need dissent, even when we're right.
Re:60-80% of Tweeters posting on Russia-Ukraine war are bots... by mikkergp on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:48AM (#32867772)
What makes you think this didn’t happen? It seems to me that the 60s and 70s were full of this.
Re:60-80% of Tweeters posting on Russia-Ukraine war are bots... by mc32 on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:53AM (#32867860)
It did, but due to the limitations of technology it was not pervasive and did not have control over people's psyche. It did not control students, colleges and libraries, even private companies the way it does today. Not by a long shot.