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10 days agoSome of it is definitely bots, but don’t discount the human factor either. Russia had an entire branch of the military dedicated to trolling the Internet at least as far back as 2015. Something tells me that hasn’t gotten smaller since then. No doubt they work in tandem with bots as well, constantly editing their output, maybe even making posts from the same accounts.
The fediverse may be small compared to the behemoths, but I don’t think we’re so small as to be ignored.
The issue there is Trump already won the election. I’m not sure enough people would turn on Vance if he had some legitimate claim to power