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
38.2k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

2.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/janethefish 16h ago

Because wealthy people in charge benefit both politically and financially from the manipulation.

No, they fucking don't. Russia throws rich people out of windows. COVID didn't check bank accounts. Fascists and autocrats are bad for everyone except the one guy on top.

1

u/Protiguous 5h ago

Because wealthy people in charge benefit both politically and financially from the manipulation.

No, they fucking don't

Yes, they absolutely do. More ads==more revenue. And bots ramping up and swaying public opinions alters the stock markets.