Just more brain worms on Reddit. You love to see it

  • zukai12_ [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    He was the cool epic guy who rode horses and did Judo and most people thought he was #amazeballs

    • JoesFrackinJack [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      that astroturfing campaign to make putin look super cool was one of the weirdest fucking things i've ever seen on the internet. A lot of people fell for it, came out of no where, blew up on every corner of the internet and it worked extremely well till russiagate happened. Genuinely a interesting moment of internet history that is almost all forgotten today.

      • zukai12_ [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        I don't even think it was astroturfing, just people saw photos of Shirtless Putin on a horse or throwing people around a Dojo and thought he was cool,

        • JoesFrackinJack [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          oh yeah I don't think it was all astroturfing but I do believe in the start it was at least some-what. It was popular on 4chan and reddit which are both super ripe for astroturfing but once the hiveminds all agree that they like it, their job is done. I could be completely wrong, but it just seemed that way looking back at it because of just how stupid it was and how popular it really was. i can't say for sure though