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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 60 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

...Reddit forums for several small Alberta cities experienced a sudden influx of accounts downvoting 2SLGBTQI+ related posts and spamming the comments section with inflammatory content.

When Reddit’s year end recaps were released ... they indicated Russia was the third most common country of origin for users visiting many of these subreddits,

[-] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 26 points 8 months ago

I'm just honoured to be considered threatening enough to bother with interfering.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

Shouldn’t all the Russian disinfo spammers use Chinese VPNs & vice versa, throw off the scent?

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago

Ha, Russia, do you really think Danielle Smith needs any help hating trans people? We can manage just fine with good old Canadian conservative know how!

... sigh...

[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 13 points 8 months ago

China has "belts and roads", Russia has "crab-bucket policy"

[-] mulcahey@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago

Hey, remember that time that reddit released a list of the most "reddit-addicted cities" and the #1 spot was a US Air Force base?

It's ok if you forgot, because reddit quickly took the post down.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackout2015/comments/4ylml3/reddit_has_removed_their_blog_post_identifying/

Anyway, tell me more about Russians!

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