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Fiendish Thingy

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5. I guess you're not aware of how social media swarms work

Reply to buzzycrumbhunger (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 27, 2026, 05:01 PM

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An event happens, and troll and bot farms with hundreds or even thousands of fake accounts, pump out narratives to shape the public’s perceptions.

Then real accounts repeat the narrative, amplifying the message.

The coincidence you hold out as proof the incident was staged could have been initiated by just a handful of people, even just one, triggering a domino effect.

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