r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 19h ago

Society Ukraine Struck Yandex Data Centers, Russian Bots Went Silent—Now Questions Are Mounting

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-struck-yandex-data-centers-russian-bots-went-silent-now-questions-are-mounting-23339
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u/ArgentineBeauty 19h ago

Some right wing politicians are about to start wondering why no one is engaging with their posts anymore.

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u/Pkrhett 18h ago

r/conservative has 0 users at the time of this comment.

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u/jiminyshrue 17h ago

Ha! Look up the new posts, there was an 8 hr stretch where there absolutely no new submissions. Lmao

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u/GoodbyeThings 16h ago

yesterday there was also a 7h stretch btw, but I did notice that too. Would love to see an analysis of the comments since posts being sporadic could be explained by it being nighttime in the US too, I guess

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u/Cryptoporticus 15h ago

Every post there requires mod approval, and they generally don't approve posts over night.

So far, every single one of these "the conservatives have disappeared!" claims either have no proof, or are easily disproven. I still haven't seen a single piece of legitimate evidence that shows a noticeable decrease in any activity, just a lot of headlines saying that it's happened.

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u/AWorldwithoutSin 15h ago edited 15h ago

A year ago there was an extended power outage in moscow that affected /r/conserative for the time frame https://www.reddit.com/r/visualization/comments/1p2iqlu/nearly_every_day_two_users_on_rconservative/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=technology&utm_content=t1_pf9365r

TL:DR Conseratives two most prolific posters were missing while Moscow was offline.

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u/jiminyshrue 15h ago

That makes sense. Maybe I'm used to subreddits being moderately populated still active at anytime.

Conservative mods locking down posts while asleep huh? Don't them purple haired libs posting furry commie porn.

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u/Rush_Banana 16h ago

It literally happens every day, new posts need mod approval and mods are asleep in that time.

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u/RandomlyDoter 16h ago

please bro dont ruin his fantasy. somehow all of the people he disagrees with are bots but at the same time somehow the other party gets 50% of the vote every time

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u/MortalusWombatus 15h ago

Almost like it was night time in the US...
Germans doing the same thing right now talking about the afd bots are gone but I still see the same hateful comments and posts everywhere