(September 25, 2024 at 6:56 am)Belacqua Wrote: The existence of bots is not in question. I get lots of bots on Twitter, and the amount of influence they have on my voting is exactly zero. I have no reason to believe that the US electorate is in any danger from these alleged evil bots.
Oooh, an argument from personal opinion.
Also, note that you're using charged language that I never "alleged". Fundamentally dishonest .... but you knew that already.
(September 25, 2024 at 6:56 am)Belacqua Wrote: How many of these pro-Trump bots are Russian in origin? Isn't it possible that some Americans are also pro-Trump? To what extent do the bots influence the outcome of an election?
No one said all of them are Russian -- or Chinese, for that matter. This is a strawman, but I'm sure you knew that too.
Here's a tip: if you must be dishonest in order to propound your argument, your argument probably sucks. Case in point here.