r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 18h 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/blastcat4 14h ago

I imagine Meta is freaking out over this. It's probably causing their traffic to plummet and negatively affecting their advertising efforts.

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u/Starling_Call 14h ago

Further evidence that they don't give a shit if their profits erode democracy 

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u/Ouldvar 14h ago

I mean, wasn't that always the case with them?

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u/ttv_icypyro 13h ago

par for course under capitalism

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u/Snake_Plizken 14h ago

Give a shit? Musk spent billions to buy an unprofitable social media company just to disrupt democracy, and spread fascist views.

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u/Nater5000 12h ago

The OP's imagination is evidence of this? lol

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u/TheGriffin 14h ago

Twitter too.

Ol' Musky threw a fit

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u/Secret_Cod_749 14h ago

Wait, different than his normal pro nazis fit?

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u/TheGriffin 14h ago

He basically said Ukraine went too far in striking the data center. Probably most of his fan accounts (that werent his burners) went silent

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u/Secret_Cod_749 14h ago

Well let's just flick on that Country of Origin status and see. Surely muskrat's bbfs are real.

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u/TheGriffin 14h ago

Ahahahah Id forgotten about that. Yes absolutely should turn that back on

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u/funkiemarky 14h ago

Apparently twitter traffic is down 50%

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u/HeavenlyAllspotter 3h ago

Where did you hear this?

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u/No_Initial_7545 12h ago

Their bigger concern is if the advertisers finally start asking if even half of the ads that they pay for are being shown to real people.

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u/Kevin-W 7h ago

Musk must be shitting himself even harder considering how many bots are on his platform.