i can’t even guess as to why they went quiet. not one guess at all. we will never know.

edit: well they’re not quiet now once they get called out

  • Saledovil@sh.itjust.works
    23·
    3 months ago

    Considering the fediverse’s low market share compared to non-federated alternatives, I’d be suprised if any malicious actors waste time and money running a psyops here. Like, you reach more people on Reddit for the same ammount of effort.

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      20·
      3 months ago

      thank you for saying this skskkssk. Occam’s razor: is it more likely that foreign psy-ops have incredibly poor cost-benefit analysis skills (while excelling in everything else), or that a couple dozen people have deeply held beliefs that led them to be vocal in the midst of tragedy?

      call me crazy but the latter narrative makes a lot fewer assumptions.

    • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee
      13·
      3 months ago

      You’d reach more people on bigger platforms, but it is easier to steer the conversation with smaller groups. So I don’t think its totally clear-cut where the best psyops targets would be.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      if they are running a psyop its probably a secondary effect of psyopping twitter or some shit, leaking over to here in a more genuine fashion.

      Literal astroturfing, if you will, what the definition of astroturfing actually is lmao.