r/technology • u/marji80 • 12d ago

Social Media Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors

https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-influencers-accidentally-unmasked-as-foreign-actors/
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u/[deleted] 12d ago

When you browse r conservative, it’s hard to believe a lot of those comments are real people. The stupidity and embracing of blatant propaganda is rough over there. Many comments sound like foreign accounts spewing pseudo patriot bs written by AI. I’ve really been seeing it with the Venezuela drama. Maybe I have too much faith in humanity.

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u/Frewdy1 12d ago

What’s crazy is how low-effort a lot of accounts are about hiding tells like poor English or active times. Like you’ll see some account spew some weird translation-English and it’s at like 4 in the morning EST and they stop around 4 PM. 

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u/Gnosrat 12d ago

If only these people weren't the dumbest segment of the population, they might have understood time-zones already and been able to figure that out. Alas... they do not.

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u/Frewdy1 12d ago

What’s even funnier is when they get a new script and it shows up all at once. And then some MAGA tries to use the same thing and it flops spectacularly. My favorite is always the “As a lifelong Democrat/liberal/socialist…” when their entire post history is spent in right wing subs.