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Re:The Israelis Destabilizing Democracy and Disrupting Elect... by rutte476 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:48AM (#34804510)
This happens in the US all the time. Political consulting groups have been doing this for a very very long time. It's part of the fabric of our society.
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Re:The Israelis Destabilizing Democracy and Disrupting Elect... by grugagag on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:56AM (#34804644)
You just made an HN account to say it’s all fine and dandy? Are you part of this or something similar?
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Re:The Israelis Destabilizing Democracy and Disrupting Elect... by mikelovenotwar on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:17AM (#34804913)
From TFA :P

> Timed action: When needed, the operator has an army of avatars which can be configured and timed. Thus a huge group is created, who can echo the negative message on all networks

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Re:The Israelis Destabilizing Democracy and Disrupting Elect... by rootusrootus on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:43AM (#34805293)
A competent bot operator would create the accounts far enough in advance that they wouldn't show up as green. Even so, I wouldn't mind a user preference toggle to hide green posts.
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Re:The Israelis Destabilizing Democracy and Disrupting Elect... by leo8 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:10AM (#34805765)
Not fishy at all.
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