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Botany

(77,452 posts)
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:29 AM 12 hrs ago

MAGA is just about 80% or more kabuki. It is all made up in the cyber world of Musk, Twitter, X, and its web ..

… sites/computer hardware are just about all based in foreign countries. I’m willing to bet those
platforms such as MAGANationX not only have Musk but Russian backing too Just like Trump’s
degree from Wharton, his gun shot wound, and the 2024 election it is all made up crap to push
fascism in America.

Botany =

From NPR November 2025

A new feature rolled out on the social media platform X has set off waves of finger-pointing by suggesting that many account holders may not be physically located where users assume they are. Late last week, X, which is owned by Elon Musk, added more information to most accounts, including some that could provide clues on where the account user is located.

Seeming inconsistencies quickly surfaced. An account called @MAGANationX that describes itself as a "Patriot Voice for We The People" is labelled as "based in Eastern Europe (Non-EU)." The handle @American was "Based in Pakistan." An account used by a person who identifies as a journalist in Gaza now says it's "Based in" Poland and "Connected via" an app in the U.K. That may mean various things, including that the account was registered in the U.K. So far, X has not provided a definition of the terms.

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Rage farming
It's possible that some of the accounts may indeed be people overseas pretending to be, or implying they are, Americans, said Renée DiResta, an associate research professor at Georgetown University who studies social media platforms. She said their motivation is largely financial.

"It's just a really easy way to generate rage - generate clicks in this case, generate direct monetization. That's something that we've seen on all different platforms for a very long time now. "


https://www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-5619239/x-maga-influencers-location

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MAGA is just about 80% or more kabuki. It is all made up in the cyber world of Musk, Twitter, X, and its web .. (Original Post) Botany 12 hrs ago OP
It isn't just MAGA and isn't just Twitter. YouTube is filling up with generative AI content, much of it from highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #1
A.I. crap is everywhere. Look @ the dude on a nursery/horticultural supply catalog. Botany 6 hrs ago #3
i spent some time helping out on a local fb page. the crap from overseas was deep. mopinko 8 hrs ago #2

highplainsdem

(62,419 posts)
1. It isn't just MAGA and isn't just Twitter. YouTube is filling up with generative AI content, much of it from
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 12:40 PM
10 hrs ago

content farms in other countries even when it's supposedly originating in the US.

I posted a thread last December on dangerous YouTube "health" channels from foreign content farms:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220865373

Those sites target seniors, who are probably least likely to spot AI-generated content.

That targeting of seniors is probably part of why we're seeing so many AI-generated fake nostalgia channels that are clickbait to remind older people what life was like in certain decades, what music was like, what stores they loved to shop in, etc. AI-scripted, AI-narrated, often with a wild assortment of AI-generated or AI-gathered images and video clips that can be different locations or eras from what's being presented. The sorts of errors people who actually lived in those places in those eras would be likely to catch, but someone in another country wouldn't.

The same thing goes for a lot of political YouTube channels, whether anti-Trump or pro-Trump. The content spewed out quickly by AI is no indication that they live in the country whose politics they're commenting on, let alone hold the political beliefs they supposedly hold.

mopinko

(73,768 posts)
2. i spent some time helping out on a local fb page. the crap from overseas was deep.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:48 PM
8 hrs ago

not just stealing pics from the google, but stealing posts from other local pages, and passing them off as their own. indonesia, pakistan, even 1 fairly prolific guy from ukraine.
paying everyone and their brother for clicks has turned it allllll to shit.
it’s not that hard to spot these ppl if u want to. just look at their friends/photos.

when the guy who owned the page quit trying to keep it out, i bailed.

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