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1. 6gvONx+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-08-17 15:38:49
I suspect it's bad. Any cognitive dissonance and disagreement can be hand waved away as bots, rather than approached critically.

Ever since the 2016 foreign-meddling-in-the-election news, I've see people commenting that there must be tons of russian bots/shills/astroturfers/etc in comments where I see genuine disagreement. I'm sure there are both, but I suspect the dismissal of "'people/opinions' that disagree with me aren't real people/opinions" is more common than the actual act of fake commenting.

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