There’s a non-zero chance some accounts are sockpuppets, both on our side and theirs. The US has some well documents cases of using sockpuppets over the years, plus there’s stuff like NAFO. I don’t recall if we’ve got any concrete evidence that NAFO is a sockpuppet project because I don’t hate myself enough to pay attention but I vaguely remember them having something going on that suggested it was being at least partially directed by some government.

But regardless, it is funny that so many anglophones readily dismiss anyone they don’t like as a bot, but I’ve never seen one consider that their own governments are also using sockpuppet operations to influence opinions. Especially after that law that said the US can’t conduct propaganda operations against it’s own citizenry was repealed a while back.

And I guess there’s also all kinds of non-state actors who could get in the game, too. Like I’m actually part of a really complex ARG being run by an italian shaved ice booth in Baton Rouge. It’s not going to pay off until 2025 but y’all are going to love it.

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