I’ve been suspecting that for a while but then someone starts attacking me, saying I’m being paranoid. Glad to see I’m not the only one whose alarm goes off when someone slyly starts turning the thread into what the West has done, promoting partisan infighting, and ignoring the main topic. There are literally bot farms in St. Petersburg and other places buying ads on running bots dedicated to influencing public opinion and now with AI it’s easier to target smaller communities as well.