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is there any technical reason why us accounts might be identified as foreign or is this really a foreign play or us people hiring ppl outside the country

intothemild•4m ago

Because they're all from other countries. It's really not that deep

jsheard•2m ago

Turns out that if you pay users for engagement then users will post whatever gets the most engagement, regardless of whether it's true. Who could have forseen this.

wnevets•3m ago

> is there any technical reason why

with the development capability remaining of twitter anything is possible.

jiggawatts•2m ago

To a billionaire, hiring a few hundred Nigerians to upvote and share their propaganda is so cheap that it’s like you buying a cup of coffee.

They use professional paid services from these low labour cost countries all the time for publicity or to control the narrative.

By some estimates 20-60% of everything you see on social media is generated by a bot farm, depending on the forum in question. An analysis of Reddit showed some subreddits are 80% AI generated.

protocolture•9m ago

Walk willingly into platos cave, pay for platos cave verification, sit down, enjoy all the discourse on the wall. Spit your drink out when you figure out that the shadows on the wall are all fake.

energy123•7m ago

It's a good start, also want to see them publicly decompose upvotes for each post into country of origin.

agentifysh•3m ago

X obviously isn't the only platform where this is taking place and it is curious as to why they rolled it back.

tracerbulletx•1m ago

The propaganda apparatus will adapt if that becomes common so its not a permanent solution but it's nice for now.

bparsons•1m ago

It truly is the sewer of the internet.