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Have you been enjoying going to protests? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by solidheron@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I didn't expect a protest to pop up so close to me and so regularly and you can feel the emotions. its nice, I'm actually connecting to people and marketing for the DSA and whoever else I can find. are other people protest going strong or if it has petered out. I'm legit thinking my weekly protest can make it to no kings day 3

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i wish it were!

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Well just like 2 months ago it came out that right wing influencers on Twitter were mostly fake accounts from other countries.

There are a lot of companies you can hire to run these social media infiltration psyops. It's the world we live in.

Just think about it. Trump has incredibly low approval ratings.

Magas might make up 30% . Of those. A good chunk are old boomers who can barely use Facebook, let alone get on other platforms they probably don't even know exist.

Yet the maga comments are everywhere. And quite a lot are the same thing over and over like ,"God bless Trump ❤️❤️"

Or "put them all in jail" -if the post is about someone defining Trump.

Half the time the English is poor. Most of the time the sentences are very short. A large chunk seem out of context for whatever it is they are commenting on. Or if you engage and get a reply (which is rare) , the replies don't make sense or don't follow the point of the video/post or response.

These aren't American magas. They are paid people and bots.

We both know when people are upset and angry they write a lot. That's what people do.

Bots don't though. And neither do paid posters. They just say the same things over and over. Short comments. No elaboration.

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-5619239/x-maga-influencers-location

https://buildersmovement.org/2025/12/03/youre-being-influenced-by-bots-more-than-you-think/

https://www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot-farms-social-media-manipulation

https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/price-bot-army-global-index

Here is a guide https://imgur.com/gallery/L3PeMsV