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I wonder if this has anything to do with the SNP or is this just Iran regime promoting 'separatist movements' across the West instead of fixing problems at home, hence the Pubic getting sick of their shit?

Labour prefers to pay Americans to meddle in our Democracy via digital means, 'so much more civilised' I'm told, 'not even a crime at all...'

#EmilyThornberry #Iran #SNP #LizKendall #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #BotFarms #Labour #TechBros

New paper published!

Ever wondered how some seemingly well-functioning political systems can suddenly switch to a completely different behaviour?
Ever thought about the effect that the attention span of people towards news has on this?
Ever felt that the impact of indifferent people on the stability of the system may be stronger than that of committed persons?
Good! Here, we make a mathematical model that shows exactly this.

@benroyce I think you will find the last three paragraphs of the conclusions particularly interesting.

https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/xd9p-tvz1

#physics #mathematics #science #complexnetworks #complexity #complexsystems #politics #bifurcations #propaganda #botfarms

New paper published!

Ever wondered how some seemingly well-functioning political systems can suddenly switch to a completely different behaviour?
Ever thought about the effect that the attention span of people towards news has on this?
Ever felt that the impact of indifferent people on the stability of the system may be stronger than that of committed persons?
Good! Here, we make a mathematical model that shows exactly this.

@benroyce I think you will find the last three paragraphs of the conclusions particularly interesting.

https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/xd9p-tvz1

#physics #mathematics #science #complexnetworks #complexity #complexsystems #politics #bifurcations #propaganda #botfarms

New paper published!

Ever wondered how some seemingly well-functioning political systems can suddenly switch to a completely different behaviour?
Ever thought about the effect that the attention span of people towards news has on this?
Ever felt that the impact of indifferent people on the stability of the system may be stronger than that of committed persons?
Good! Here, we make a mathematical model that shows exactly this.

@benroyce I think you will find the last three paragraphs of the conclusions particularly interesting.

https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/xd9p-tvz1

#physics #mathematics #science #complexnetworks #complexity #complexsystems #politics #bifurcations #propaganda #botfarms

New paper published!

Ever wondered how some seemingly well-functioning political systems can suddenly switch to a completely different behaviour?
Ever thought about the effect that the attention span of people towards news has on this?
Ever felt that the impact of indifferent people on the stability of the system may be stronger than that of committed persons?
Good! Here, we make a mathematical model that shows exactly this.

@benroyce I think you will find the last three paragraphs of the conclusions particularly interesting.

https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/xd9p-tvz1

#physics #mathematics #science #complexnetworks #complexity #complexsystems #politics #bifurcations #propaganda #botfarms

New paper published!

Ever wondered how some seemingly well-functioning political systems can suddenly switch to a completely different behaviour?
Ever thought about the effect that the attention span of people towards news has on this?
Ever felt that the impact of indifferent people on the stability of the system may be stronger than that of committed persons?
Good! Here, we make a mathematical model that shows exactly this.

@benroyce I think you will find the last three paragraphs of the conclusions particularly interesting.

https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/xd9p-tvz1

#physics #mathematics #science #complexnetworks #complexity #complexsystems #politics #bifurcations #propaganda #botfarms

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@Rasta/115751486503031026

I have been off #Mastodon quite a bit so changes really jump at me. Something that defo changed in the past 5 months is the number of #repost and #boost of actual #fakenews courtesy of #aislop #botfarms, here, from Vietnam. Please CHECK YOUR SOURCES or f***off because you are actively killing the #fediverse. Maybe it's intentional mind you. Thanks @billstatler for sharing the link https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/12/fact-check-karoline-leavitt-bio-read-live-on-msnbc-cher-other-celebrities.html (couldn't #quote you 😉).

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I have a recent project to stop (LLM training) crawlers from copyright-thefting my website. I find these bots with either a hidden-link tarpit or by looking for single access events (no css), which I then ban if they come from a cloud server. So far I have learned:

• Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Chinese telecom companies are pretty easy to block. These were the early heavy hitters.
• Huawei has little cloud server farms all over the world. I seem to still find about one a day.
• Some mysterious entity rents servers all over the world and crawls by sniping one page at a time. The snipes come in clusters, so all these bots are running the same crawler, with some but not complete inter-communication. Popular cloud companies are OVH Cloud, EGI Hosting, Web2Objects, Host Royale, Digital Ocean, Cloud Innovation, ....

#apache #litespeed #htaccess #crawlers #botfarms

https://codeberg.org/skewray/htaccess

I have a recent project to stop (LLM training) crawlers from copyright-thefting my website. I find these bots with either a hidden-link tarpit or by looking for single access events (no css), which I then ban if they come from a cloud server. So far I have learned:

• Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Chinese telecom companies are pretty easy to block. These were the early heavy hitters.
• Huawei has little cloud server farms all over the world. I seem to still find about one a day.
• Some mysterious entity rents servers all over the world and crawls by sniping one page at a time. The snipes come in clusters, so all these bots are running the same crawler, with some but not complete inter-communication. Popular cloud companies are OVH Cloud, EGI Hosting, Web2Objects, Host Royale, Digital Ocean, Cloud Innovation, ....

#apache #litespeed #htaccess #crawlers #botfarms

https://codeberg.org/skewray/htaccess

INSANITY REIGNS as Press Continues Biden Attacks and Dems Question: WHAT NOW?! | #ResistanceLive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7HjQHcFp_o

Ignore the noise and stay the course. #BidenHarris2024 Fight back against the disinformation noise.

#PreemptiveObedience #MediaCritique #ConfirmationBias #Disinformation #ManufacturingConsent #BotFarms #AIElectionInterference #2024Election #Biden

Ukraine Detains Suspects Behind Bot Farms and Kremlin’s Propaganda Machinery https://thecyberexpress.com/ukraine-detains-bot-farms-and-propaganda-specialists/ #TheCyberExpressNews #CybersecurityNews #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #Propaganda #BotFarms #BotFarm #Kremlin #Ukraine #Russia

It only costs $400 to make an anti-Russia, anti-China #propaganda bot.

#OREALLY

That number approaches $0 when one realises how #tillony works.

#russiaGate #chinaHate #yellowPeril #racism #nazism #xenophobia #botFarms #antiRussia #antiChina

It only costs $400 to make an anti-Russia, anti-China #propaganda bot.

#OREALLY

That number approaches $0 when one realises how #tillony works.

#russiaGate #chinaHate #yellowPeril #racism #nazism #xenophobia #botFarms #antiRussia #antiChina

It only costs $400 to make an anti-Russia, anti-China #propaganda bot.

#OREALLY

That number approaches $0 when one realises how #tillony works.

#russiaGate #chinaHate #yellowPeril #racism #nazism #xenophobia #botFarms #antiRussia #antiChina

Something worth learning from #China. Entities that are too popular pose a danger.

Look at people that you are thinking of interacting with if they have more than 3000 followers and only been on fedi since #Nov2022 then it is *very* likely they are using or have used #botFarms to game the #ExploreTimeline, for followers.

This #PopularityModel was abuse on #BigSocialMedia. Since #Nov22 its come to #fediverse.

Limit interactions with them especially if they post images a lot.

#smallWeb

Something worth learning from #China. Entities that are too popular pose a danger.

Look at people that you are thinking of interacting with if they have more than 3000 followers and only been on fedi since #Nov2022 then it is *very* likely they are using or have used #botFarms to game the #ExploreTimeline, for followers.

This #PopularityModel was abuse on #BigSocialMedia. Since #Nov22 its come to #fediverse.

Limit interactions with them especially if they post images a lot.

#smallWeb

Judging by the botFarms on fedi that are setup to hate him, his resistance to #BigPharma and #BigAg, and the fact that he doesn't wish to crush all #soundMoney-bitcoin proponents, we think #RFK is going to be a fair, balanced president for the #USA, who will be able to build a vibrant, new era of #degrowth and #convivialSufficiency.

No more war, no more offshored #bioLabs, a reduced #CIA, and perhaps most importantly, less energy going into these self-righteous #botFarms.

#noMoreWar

Judging by the botFarms on fedi that are setup to hate him, his resistance to #BigPharma and #BigAg, and the fact that he doesn't wish to crush all #soundMoney-bitcoin proponents, we think #RFK is going to be a fair, balanced president for the #USA, who will be able to build a vibrant, new era of #degrowth and #convivialSufficiency.

No more war, no more offshored #bioLabs, a reduced #CIA, and perhaps most importantly, less energy going into these self-righteous #botFarms.

#noMoreWar

Fediverse appears to be replicating the worst elements of #socialMedia now, including enabling and empowering the #botFarms.

It seems to be just replicating the worst elements of the #closedSilo systems, just in a #decentralised way.

We suspect that the way to get to the heart of this issue is to '#followTheMoney'. Where is money pouring into fedi and why? Why has Mastodon not taken long-time software thieves #HellaDoge to task, but jumped on others?

#corruption #moneyPrinterGoDrr #fediMeta

@LionsPhil @nicuveo
When we say #BotFarmTimeline we mean the #ExploreTimeline, of course, designed to favour entities with #botFarms backing them.

Mastodon should also restore their javascript-free interface that was recently dropped.

We really need to see other server types like #Epicyon (named after a type of big wild canine), #GNUSocial, and #FireFish gainmore developer interest.

#makeJavascriptOptional

It's really interesting to see the bots lampoon #JFK.

To cut a long story short #RobertKennedy is not against bitcoin and wants to limit the number of military bases the #USA have around the world for **no** good reason.

When you see the #botFarms go after JFK with their fake, bot followers, just remember that.

The real #nazi's gave rise to actual nazis in #Ukraine.

https://web.archive.org/web/20220402105637/https://time.com/5926750/azov-far-right-movement-facebook/

In an era of #spambots and #botfarms, we envisage a new #sport that involves getting the bots to block you.

@emilygorcenski @jack @witchescauldron

We are pretty sure that when they say "#interoperable", they mean with other bots.

Oh, and let's no forget three-letter-agencies.

#botFarms #TLAs

I mean we already knew it was going on, but still...

#disinformation #botfarms #trolls #electiontampering #democracy

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/revealed-disinformation-team-jorge-claim-meddling-elections-tal-hanan

@douglasmeehan
One thing that we need to be mindful of is some things that we're trained to think are good, like being able to immedialey see how popular a post is by glancing below the post at the Like and Boost amounts, are #toxic for a #community in the long-term.

They encourage both #botFarms and #herdMentality.

That's why for many years #Fediverse softwares would not show such numbers by default. Instead opting for <BLANK>, 1, or 1+.

In 2022, #Mastodon broke this tradition.
@ntnsndr

It appears that a lot of new #bots are also making their way to the fediverse.

If you don't wish to be overtaken by #botfarms, now is the time to set your account to "approved followers only" and keep a record of the people you are following, and why.

Don't be caught out.

#birdSite #turdSite #maSTODon

1995: Where do you want to go today?

2025: What are #botFarms telling you to believe, today?

The reason that #climateScientists are so ineffective is they think they need to spend every waking moment on #TurdSite to explain to bots, programmed to pump out disinfo, how #climateScience is real.

Its pretty funny, really — sad funny.

Tobacco industry eat your heart out.

#twITtER #botFarms

@oct2pus
Tell the #memecoiner that a good place for #shitcoins already exists.

Everyone knows that only #bitcoin and monero are valueable, the rest are #memecoins or (mind our language) #shitcoins.

Ppl like MUSK are elevated on TURDSITE because they are helping to distract from the real. Therefore one can reliably inform the #turdCoiner to hurry along to #turdSite, as #botFarms are ready and waiting for all their shilling needs.

@witchescauldron @meena

@Gargron @dibi58 @wilkie @t54r4n1
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So it is very interesting, maybe the situation is different in your countries.

We are interested to know who these people *believe* they are reaching and why we are conditioned to believe growth in reach is always needed. Emphasis on the 'believe'.

Maybe there is a reason we have not been able to attain #convivialSufficiency, as an alleged civil society, yet.

#botFarms #inequality #BGP #DNS #legacyPlatforms #socialPlatforms #reach

@dmoonfire

Hi Joel,

We think this quote by you was most salient, validating suspicions expressed on Fedi almost a year ago that #Mastodon is being coopted to serve the #PopularityModel and #influencers with access to #botFarms:

> the "spirit of mastodon" is also to not show boosts and favorites until a toot is fully opened to discourage mob mentality and such, and yet the official app has those... It looks like a Twitter client

It ought to be fixed, asap.

#perverseIncentives

@josias @joel

All this time, the #AUKCANZUS bots have been pushing anti-Russia talking points? If it weren't for the projecting we'd never have guessed.

If we're going to muddle through a medley of #RussiaGate tropes, why not fast-forward to fever-pitched rumors of #BidensPooPooTapes… or not.

At least that would be believeable, though.

#projection #botFarms #bots