Sort of, but not really. Bots forming public opinion vice someONE stating personal opinion is a huge difference. Also, one is grass roots (actual), and the other is pushed through a propaganda machine. The struggle with bots or farms is that they “look” like grass roots, so people who are easily convinced by “the masses” are convinced. Consider “googling” something to “find” the “truth”. You are no longer the arbiter of truth, but you gave that up to google. You still feel as if you are the arbiter of the truth, because you “researched” it. This is the same thing, but more dangerous, as it’s more deceptive than google (as more people call google out). You get the picture.
Sort of, but not really. Bots forming public opinion vice someONE stating personal opinion is a huge difference. Also, one is grass roots (actual), and the other is pushed through a propaganda machine. The struggle with bots or farms is that they “look” like grass roots, so people who are easily convinced by “the masses” are convinced. Consider “googling” something to “find” the “truth”. You are no longer the arbiter of truth, but you gave that up to google. You still feel as if you are the arbiter of the truth, because you “researched” it. This is the same thing, but more dangerous, as it’s more deceptive than google (as more people call google out). You get the picture.