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kentuck

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126. I think DU was hacked for a reason.

Fri Mar 24, 2017, 10:02 AM

Mar 2017

It is more difficult to infiltrate the site with bullshit. There are some real eagle eyes that post here and it is more difficult to slip by them than some other sites, in my opinion. They question everything.

But, I don't doubt that that they are here and have tried to corrupt the messages on DU.

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Was DU also inundated with Fake Russian bots and Fake news during elections? [View all] Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 OP

I think it happened and that it is ongoing Stinky The Clown Mar 2017 #1

Sounds like a serious and not-acceptable situation. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #3

The intelligence agencies knew we had been hacked and by who, nearly immediately. DK504 Mar 2017 #19

who knows?.. stillcool Mar 2017 #69

That's why am asking. A conversation about this is a must, eh? Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #100

Nyet. AngryAmish Mar 2017 #97

Wasn't there some creepy Russian stuff the day of the back? Drahthaardogs Mar 2017 #83

Yes! pnwmom Mar 2017 #94

This really was a coup wasn't it? Drahthaardogs Mar 2017 #122

Seems like they are still here.. HipChick Mar 2017 #2

Yup. Stinky The Clown Mar 2017 #4

When we were down, I think they just showed up with thousands of posts angstlessk Mar 2017 #5

Woah? Geesh! Is that a kind of hack....? Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #12

sleepers mopinko Mar 2017 #39

absolutely...russia does it best angstlessk Mar 2017 #43

Like a swarm of maggots CountAllVotes Mar 2017 #68

So Awful! & Hateful! There have to be solutions. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #8

I can't even tell who the fakers are. pangaia Mar 2017 #32

There Was One Person Me. Mar 2017 #131

It's not just newer members-I have seen some weird posts that I would have to describe as 58Sunliner Mar 2017 #132

Hell YES.. and I know of @ least two putin pawns who are Cha Mar 2017 #6

Hi Cha! Thank you, Cha! We ought to decimate all Russian bots! & their crap news. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #11

I did my best when the obvious ones were here.. Cha Mar 2017 #44

But now it is out in the open! even on Rachel Maddow's show. Heck it's part of the investigations. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #57

Right! It pisses me off mightyly. Cha Mar 2017 #60

Yes me too! Find it disgusting. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #63

I noticed a large cluster of them emerge after invasion of Crimea MBS Mar 2017 #65

Interesting and weird timing. Lucky that many ere so obvious. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #74

Yeah... loved putin hated President Obama.. not too Cha Mar 2017 #82

I noticed that too. That's when the pro-Putin trolling ramped up here. yardwork Mar 2017 #93

Yup. IMO this was not a coincidence. n/t MBS Mar 2017 #95

I agree with you. yardwork Mar 2017 #96

What about DU being hacked on election night? Sedona Mar 2017 #7

Yes! That was very freaking suspicious! Like they did not want us to compare notes Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #10

No wonder some arguments went nowhere pandr32 Mar 2017 #9

It was meant to frustrate us... into silence... into demoralization. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #14

According to Discussionist the other day sheshe2 Mar 2017 #33

OMG! Fake reproduces fake like bunnies! Becomes a claustrophobic vicious circle. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #34

OMGawd...Too funny! pandr32 Mar 2017 #55

Yup... sheshe2 Mar 2017 #56

true, but also consider the source Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #18

Well, there was that, too pandr32 Mar 2017 #62

My first thought when I saw the story Shaddox Mar 2017 #13

From what Rachel Maddow said it was targeted against HRC from the start. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #15

She means primarily FB and Twitter Gman Mar 2017 #24

Including hyperbolic anti-Sanders posters purporting to be Hillary supporters to poison the air. Zen Democrat Mar 2017 #118

Anything that split the Dem side was a plus for Putin bigbrother05 Mar 2017 #112

Were you here during the campaign? From your profile, Tanuki Mar 2017 #121

I need an explanation of "bots" and how they work elfin Mar 2017 #16

I think there are automatic bots but also people who act like they are American but are not... Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #21

Thanks - yes, there needs to be digging into CA. A big outfit funded by the nasties. EOM elfin Mar 2017 #28

on Twitter some are automated to spit out responses anytime they see a certain word or name. Some bettyellen Mar 2017 #29

I think I successfully spotted those elfin Mar 2017 #36

Some had a very pro-Russian history and many pushed the Russian meme that HRC was a hawk who would bettyellen Mar 2017 #45

I minored in Russian Studies in the WAY WAY back, so I dismissed those elfin Mar 2017 #70

From what I recall sanders was fairly vague and perhaps more of an isolationist on foreign policy- bettyellen Mar 2017 #73

Yes, Bernie was far more emphatic and eloquent on national issues elfin Mar 2017 #75

I liked Sanders but felt like the press was using him to be divisive... bettyellen Mar 2017 #80

I was/am definitely pro-Bernie Nevernose Mar 2017 #51

"Bots" (in this sense) refers to computer programs that are "smart" like "Siri" in an iphone ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #35

Thanks for more elucidation. It sounds like that some bot programs are better than others elfin Mar 2017 #47

Here are links to a couple of "how to recognize a bot" articles, if you still want to know that ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #71

Thank you! So interesting -- and scary as well. elfin Mar 2017 #72

Yes, thanks for the info! and the interesting links. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #77

Bots are more of a twitter thing, where you can repeatedly post the same thing over and over... PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #128

There are shills and there are bots. The terms are now interchangeable, but I wish they were not. Turn CO Blue Mar 2017 #134

I wasn't active on DU very much last election Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #17

Yes. yardwork Mar 2017 #20

It happened all over DU from Sanders people Gman Mar 2017 #22

and Russian sites? Russian Times? Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #23

There wasn't that much, if any on RT that I remember Gman Mar 2017 #26

Yes I saw RT here- people argued they had Ed Schultz and other "credible" people on RT bettyellen Mar 2017 #38

Some RT's maintained integrity. yallerdawg Mar 2017 #59

I think one of the things that does keep us mostly safe Doreen Mar 2017 #25

Absolutely and they are still here. Their design, to create moods, reveals en masse. (n/t) FreepFryer Mar 2017 #27

Felt that way during the primaries. RandySF Mar 2017 #30

Had to be "bots". Repeatedly demanding transcripts from her Walstreet speeches, and now we've got.. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2017 #31

Sounds like this illogical mendacity was meant to frustrate us - & plainly hurt HRC like Comey said/ Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #42

It was so bad during the primaries SecularMotion Mar 2017 #37

Yes and it is ongoing in my opinion. Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #40

Is there agreement whether the fake-posting was pro Sanders or pro-Clinton? /nt philly_bob Mar 2017 #41

This was recent news SecularMotion Mar 2017 #48

My impression is that it was just anti-Democratic. Fozzledick Mar 2017 #79

This message was self-deleted by its author philly_bob Mar 2017 #87

Remember David Brock's pro-Hillary "Correct the Record" operation? philly_bob Mar 2017 #88

JPR certainly was The Sand Reckoner Mar 2017 #46

Spot on.... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #105

ignore them mopinko Mar 2017 #49

Post removed Post removed Mar 2017 #50

This is not what is being reported. It was anti-Clinton propaganda. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #53

There was also a lot of anti-Sanders propaganda as well... Talk Is Cheap Mar 2017 #58

by the Russians? by Cambridge Analytica? By Breitbart? Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #61

by women and POC who noticed that his website and stump speech completely ignored us. bettyellen Mar 2017 #64

From the putin trolls.. never saw any of that. Not one drop. Cha Mar 2017 #104

Yeah right. joshcryer Mar 2017 #54

Since Skinner said sheshe2 Mar 2017 #66

YES !!! As soon as you hit them with 3 - 4 facts they'd bow out with a waving hand !!!! uponit7771 Mar 2017 #52

YES and they are STILL HERE. When you see discouraging posts, posts that Maru Kitteh Mar 2017 #67

This is a DEM site. We have no place for malicious & fake bots and trolls that want to hurt DEMS! Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #78

They do yeoman's work at trolling. Kingofalldems Mar 2017 #81

. Maru Kitteh Mar 2017 #84

DI was inundated with Russian propaganda. There may be some going on right applegrove Mar 2017 #76

Weren't they just preaching to the choir in that cesspool? Maru Kitteh Mar 2017 #85

They certainly are on the same page. Though I don't know that the applegrove Mar 2017 #86

I think that's probably a yes bigtree Mar 2017 #89

No, because bots are nets of automatic replies, that acheive their effect through numbers muriel_volestrangler Mar 2017 #90

It started well before the election. herding cats Mar 2017 #91

There was putin troll action this board.. pawns for putin. I don't Cha Mar 2017 #92

That in itself is interesting. People denying for some reason. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #99

Yesh.. what's up with Cha Mar 2017 #101

Weren't there lots of fake news type being promoted here? Some from Russian sites? Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #103

They tried pushing RT on us.. and then that got disallowed in Cha Mar 2017 #114

Pretty sure one had "Stockholm Syndrome"... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #111

Why not.. he pushed everything Cha Mar 2017 #115

Why would Russia bother? brooklynite Mar 2017 #98

DU is driving a good amount of DEMS! Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #102

Yeah, why bother the fuck to hack us down if we're sooooooo Cha Mar 2017 #108

Yes it was...it drove DU members, but had no influence in the outside world. brooklynite Mar 2017 #136

Tell that to the putin trolls in the way back machine. Cha Mar 2017 #107

Yes,and.. coco22 Mar 2017 #106

YouTube became and still is worthless in this regard. A disgusting infestation of fakes! Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #117

Did they ever find out who hacked DU and brought it down on election day? redstatebluegirl Mar 2017 #109

Maybe some BainsBane Mar 2017 #110

This!!! Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #113

Makes sense! The Russian and Breitbart garbage news made it & was promoted here. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #119

As for bots... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #116

Since we know what happened this election I hope we can protect ourselves from now on. Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #120

Fake news. Absolutely. NCTraveler Mar 2017 #123

Cannot! Must not! Happen again! Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #124

It was and is complete bullshit. Note: They are still doing it. NCTraveler Mar 2017 #125

I think DU was hacked for a reason. kentuck Mar 2017 #126

DU doesn't lend itself to a bot invasion, that's something that twitter is much more susceptible to. PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #127

What about fake news! Did any make it here? From Russian or RW sites? Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #138

They all went west. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2017 #129

I think that's why DU was down on election night. n/t Lil Missy Mar 2017 #130

Since purchasing my Old Glory Insurance, I haven't been troubled by robots Bonx Mar 2017 #133

STILL IS L. Coyote Mar 2017 #135

Awful that this happened here and still it is! Madam45for2923 Mar 2017 #139

The Clintogyny looked pretty genuine to me. ucrdem Mar 2017 #137

Good question. This is current news now and goes R B Garr Mar 2017 #140