(Video) Why Internet Trolls Do What They Do and How to Spot Russian Fakes

Professor Gerdes Explains - You Tube Channel ^ | 13 November 2023 | Professor Gerdes Explains

[MeganC]

13,834 views Nov 12, 2023 This video talks about the war in Ukraine. Here I review a video from the Icarus Project

• How Russian Propaganda ACTUALLY Works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rZiD8Z0gHQ

[MeganC]

This is a pretty decent commentary on Russian propaganda practices.

For those who do not like to watch You Tube there is also a similar essay that can be found here:

https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html

[ConservativeInPA]

The only thing worse are Ukrainian propagandists and airhead Zeepers.

[MeganC]

Wow you watched a 22 minute video in less than two minutes! Very impressive!

[dragnet2]

What is glaring is it’s mostly the same individuals who peddle these articles. Check the Ukraine articles...Its the same 5-10 people posting them. Over and over.

Seems a bit odd.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Do you have a documentary on Ukrainian propaganda practices?

[MalPearce]

Mmmm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaw3EqzxVbA

Russian submarine... is only fishing. Under water. With a violin quartet and a balalaika orchestra. We didn’t see the border.

Vranyo.

[Firehath]

Two wars going on

Civil border warI

Communist global religious marxist

The south - dnc slavery will rise again warII

Jefferson - robt e Lee - Davis hitler2 joe biden

Doing picket’s charge everyday

[MeganC]

“Do you have a documentary on Ukrainian propaganda practices?”

No, but here’s an essay from Wired on the subject:

https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-propaganda-war/

[Larry Lucido]

So is a fake troll like a fake knockoff? Is a fake troll someone who is serious but just playing troll?

[Berlin_Freeper]

The Chinese government has built up the world’s largest known online disinformation operation and is using it to harass US residents, politicians, and businesses—at times threatening its targets with violence,

[Gaffer]

Had this person created a video exactly the same, but instead of talking about examples of Ukrainian trolls rather than Russian, would you have posted it?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So all governments engage in propaganda, including the one the CIA pays you to propagandize for?

[MeganC]

“Had this person created a video exactly the same, but instead of talking about examples of Ukrainian trolls rather than Russian, would you have posted it?”

Yes. I object to any kind of trolls. Chinese, Deep State, Big Pharma, whatever you got.

[MeganC]

“Is a fake troll someone who is serious but just playing troll?”

Some people just want to watch the world burn. I suppose a fake troll would be the online equivalent of a vandal or arsonist.

[MeganC]

True. China is far worse but they’ve been oddly silent lately. I guess they’re content to sit back and let Russia duke it out with the West.

[Openurmind]

A bigger concern are psyops operators from our own intelligence agencies. They are now collecting ideological evidence that will be used against us in a future court of law.

The Russians have no jurisdiction...

[pfflier]

Russian and Uke trolls are easy to spot because they use European English instead of American English.

They think all American talk like they do in the movies we export. They think all of us talk like Joe Peschi so they misuse and over use profanity particularly the "F" bomb.

[Gaffer]

The initial examples in the video were sophomoric, frankly. Grammar and opening phrases........

I suspect that if one really wanted to investigate and completely understand trolls, he’d be better served investigating how the typical US Intelligence Center operative works and acts online.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html

Thank you for posting this.