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/PrizeSyntax 19h ago

Bots need data centers to run, data centers stopped working, bots stopped working. What's so complicated about that?

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u/potatodrinker 19h ago

Social media engagement metrics were down like 30% suddenly and some of us had to explain, awkwardly, it's the non humans who died during those strikes. Path to recovery is to get more DCs up and flood our platforms with bots once more.

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u/Whatthegabriel 17h ago

Are there any serious sources for this?

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u/potatodrinker 17h ago

Not yet. Maybe wait a few days for journos to verify things. Wouldn't be surprised if it was 20-40%.