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by atoav 1786 days ago
What makes you believe the two aren't overlapping to some degree?

Here is a Guardian article talking about German zealous conspircay nuts organizing a anti-vax protest in Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/27/who-b...

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I wouldn't count that as misinformation; it is sincere advocacy. A misinformation campaign would be organized by intelligency agency for the purpose of weakening another country.
A misinformation campaign is a campaign (=concerted communication effort) to spread misinformation.

Whether the people who spread it know it is in fact misinformation is a different discussion. Whether someone just fed into existing grievances in a clever way another one altogether.

Not exactly a bot misinformation campaign, but interesting, thanks.

I think of QAnon types as being a bit muddle-headed. I doubt they're capable of creating a bot campaign. Russia could, but they don't need to: we do it to ourselves.

An Occam/Hanlon's Razor corollary: don't attribute to bots or shills that which idiocy can fully explain.

The Q movement has all the hallmarks of an astroturfing campaign. Don't assume it's just a bunch of idiots.