Posted on 09/05/2022 4:06:17 PM PDT by Widget Jr
I had a happy accident today, so I thought I would share it. I found a intersting way to find pro-Russia trolls on social media, especially on Telegram.
First off, this post is not about the pro-Ukraine/pro-Russia fighting on the forum. This is about finding truth amid all the lies. When finding the truth amid lies from liars, its dealing with liars who lie no matter what. My view is as bad as the US and Western press is, the Russian press is far worse. I'm siding with Ukraine. Others disagree, I get it.
Now on to today's Fake Account Detection class.
Clue #1 is there are a bunch of "pro-Ukrainian" Telegram accounts, that supposedly post juicy insider details about what goes on in the top of the Ukrainian government while making them look bad and Russia look good. Pretending to be a inside ally leaking details that make the boss look bad and other side look good is the first clue the account is a Russian troll.
Clue #2 is more interesting. It is that the Russian and Ukrainian alphabet use different letters.
Russian uses the letters Ёё, ъ, ы and Ээ.
Ukrainian uses the the letters Ґґ, Єє, Іі and Її.
Search the Telegram, Twitter, or Facebook post for the differences in each alphabet.
If a "pro-Ukraine" "Ukrainian" account uses the Russian alphabet, its a Russian propaganda account.
You’ll be meeting the FR cabal of them quite soon I imagine.
And I suppose the opposite is true for seemingly “pro-Russian” accounts, so this could be used both ways.
Ooo, 'cabal'. Scary.
So YOU find a Russian troll on “Telegram”…then what?
What exactly are they doing that’s so wrong other than countering the entire slew of Deep State Western media that spews nothing but shit day and night?
The whole premise of your vanity is infused with bias.
Here are a few.
This is how you spent your Labor Day?
#6. Recoginze them for what they are then ignore them. A lot of people ignore the Daily Mail’s over the top pro-Ukraine stance for the same reasons.
So all those Ukrainian girls really DO want to date me?
Good job. You found the 7 percenters.
On the Ukraine issue, where good conservatives can differ, the best approach is to stop the “troll” name calling and hunting and answer each others’ arguments on the merits.
I pointed out where I stand up front and acknowledged the other side. Taking sides on a issue always has biases involved.
"Here we apply and extend these techniques to understand and quantify the influence of bot-like accounts
on online discussions, using Twitter data focussed on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In essence we seek
to determine whether the malicious influence campaigns work as intended."
I said Telegram, not Twitter. Twitter has a lot of bots, Telegram uses more people running fake accounts.
The first point is questionable, the second is outright wrong. As a matter of fact, most Ukrainians, including nationalists, aren’t fluent in Ukrainian, using Russian keyboards instead.
#14. Agree. Cooler heads need to prevail. There a lot of difficult subjects that are easy to get triggered.
😂😂😂
It’s easier spotting the pro Ukraine trolls on FR.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.