Are the #vatniks back?

A lot of very new, very made-up accounts pushing dezinfo and both-sides bullshit that serves russian interests.

#NAFO

@faraiwe Did they ever leave? Constant stream of new accounts every day.

@gimulnautti Good question?

Back in 2022, there were droves signing up, to bigger instances without mod approval.

Post early to mid 2023, I have not seen many, if ANY actually, vatnik bot accounts roaming in the wild.

I understand there is a surge of vlad-desperation-driven bot accounts being sown and they've remembered the fediverse exists, I guess. Sigh.

@faraiwe I’m suspecting there might even be a new source that’s from USA. Republicans taking notes and starting their own.
@gimulnautti dunno, these look more along lines of sowing division, with hints of vlad-friendly, not the outright both-sides and/or "as a democrat, maybe republicans are right" types of shit domestic dezinfo.