Post #1925714

RE: https://twit.social/@leo/116506133841024081 Bad actors using social media for systematic manipulation of opinion — so-called "coordinated inauthentic behavior" (#CIB) — is one reason why creepy little accounts whose behavior just DOESN'T ADD UP bother me even more than do overtly abusive or fascistic accounts. With hindsight, I now see that on eX-Twitter I was manipulated by the #Russian propaganda apparatus — by accounts that appeared superficially to be those of people communicating in good faith, but whose sole actual reason for being there was to skew public opinion toward #Russia and away from #Ukraine. I don't ever want to see Mastodon dominated by that kind of activity, whether instigated by #Russia or by any other actor, and I appreciate the efforts of instance admins to keep the Fediverse safe for authentic expression.