It only takes a few convincing sock accounts not even 0.1% of there resources and woosh half the userbase of this site.wants a violent uprising and to eat the rich. Especially with a site like lemmy as it already has a really small suspectible and easy-to-manipulate userbase whom will believe anything there spoonfed

I believe and there's evidence to suggest that both China and Russia both have an industry based upon spreading political propaganda for there own self-gain and interest on the western Internet. Entire office cubicles filled with monitors displaying social media sites big and small.3.5 hard drives filled with tankie memes and "stopping the intolerant " posters computer keyboard's tapping away while groups of highly intelligent people spread highly sophisticated pieces of propoganda and attempt to silence there opponents and spread lies about them but this is just a conspiracy a CONSPIRACY THEORY

Edit: It's not even a conspiracy it's a real thing This took me 5 seconds of googling

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_web_brigades

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_Internet_propaganda?wprov=sfla1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_water_army?wprov=sfla1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm?wprov=sfla1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party?wprov=sfla1

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While all of this is great for Russia doing this.

Is there any evidence China does?

[–] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes. I have posted these links multiple times now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_water_army?wprov=sfla1

Also the fifty cent party a Chinese troll farm based entirely on spreading propaganda for the ccp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party?wprov=sfla1

This took me 5 seconds of research. If were being passive aggressive here ive gotta say. are you sure you didn't get dropped on the head as a baby or eat copious amounts of lead

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha naw I just kind wanted some one to post this information.

Honestly I still don't think there's much to gain from influencing lemmy users. But I know it's a game of attrition you have to do it everywhere on as many social networks as possible to cast the widest net.

[–] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't believe there are any states trying to influence. Lemmy although you just can't be certain these days. I do think it's possible lemmys the perfect breeding ground for propoganda especially considering a good chunk say 40% of lemmy are tankies tankies is a term to decribe someone whom holds marxist/stalinist/Communist politcal views and are very suspectible to propoganda.