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/celuur 18h ago

So here's my question - if we know where it's coming from, why can't we flag it to people as foreign manipulation?

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u/AshundertheOlivetree 18h ago

Because Facebook and Twitter are controlled by people who are fine with conflict, just not on their platform.

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u/King_Chochacho 14h ago

Make no mistake, Reddit is perfectly content to be overrun with bot traffic too. Platform owners don't want to address the issue because they know their site traffic/active user numbers would take a huge hit and piss off advertisers and investors.

So we all just live with a bunch of mediocre but profitable services.