EC_CO t1_j6erwod wrote on January 29, 2023 at 9:00 PM

Reply to comment by ElectroFlannelGore in China’s Top Nuclear-Weapons Lab Used American Computer Chips Decades After Ban by hzj5790

Pretty sure a lot of those 'defenders' are bots and paid Chinese communist supporters. They've been doing it for years

ElectroFlannelGore t1_j6esqnp wrote on January 29, 2023 at 9:05 PM

Yeah those are easy to pick out. There's a lot of what appear to be real people "following the pack" though. It's really sad. Super disheartening.

bairbs t1_j6evi24 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 9:21 PM

They're not real people online. Just make sure people around you in your day-to-day have their heads on straight and press them if it seems like they're slipping

ElectroFlannelGore t1_j6eypbf wrote on January 29, 2023 at 9:40 PM

Lol I'm in the same one.

I said:

>Politics aside, it's not any more toxic than Reddit and Instagram.

>Disagree. It's how the information is presented that makes it so addictive and harmful. That's like saying,"Doritos are no worse than salted corn on the cob."

>No.

>However Instagram and Reddit and everyone else is trying to copy their secret sauce. The difference here is that the type of information presented won't be controlled by a CCP developed algorithm.

>It's been beaten to death but in China TikTok is full of science and maths and laudable people doing laudable things. That's what they expose their children to.

>In America, well, you see what American TikTok is...

and every single post on my account has started getting tons of Down votes.

bairbs t1_j6ezc12 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 9:44 PM

Same haha

here's a tip to any trolls reading this: you'll have more luck and an easier work day slopping around on r/conservative. But at this point that place is mostly trolls and bots responding to each other