What’s In A Name?
So Trump, who has as much control when it come to talking as your average gag reflex, decided to name the whistleblower on his Twitter diary. He’s spilled it twice and soon erased it both times.
As dangerously goofy as that is, it’s nothing compared to how he got the name of the whistleblower. Both times he retweeted the name from an account held by @Surfermom77. That account shows all the signs of being a Twitter bot … uh, Russian disinformation. The account uses stock photos.
Surfermom77 has also tweeted far more than typical users, more than 170,000 times since the account was activated in 2013. Surfermom77 has posted, on average, 72 tweets a day, according to Nir Hauser, chief technology officer at VineSight, a technology firm that tracks online misinformation.
“That’s not something most humans are doing,” Hauser said.
While many bots only repost benign information like cat photos, others have been used to spread disinformation or polarizing claims, as Russian bots did in the lead up to the 2016 election.
In past years, Surfermom77 has described herself as a teacher, historian, documentary author and model.
I guess she forgot astronaut, notary public, and handsome race car driver.
I have an idea. Kick Trump off Twitter but give him a box of chalk and he can write on sidewalks when he has something to say.
“That’s not something most humans are doing,” Hauser said. Someone needs to introduce Nir to IQ4.5’s twitter account, albeit the “human” therein is debatable.
1So, the whistleblower Trump identified twice is quite possibly not the right person (I have not looked, and do not intend to)? I hope he/she sues the socks off Surfermom77 (if it’s possible to sue Russian bots’ creators) and Trump, if that person is hassled by Trump supporters.
2The thing I dread when we escort Trump from the Oval Office is the giant quantity of tweets that he can produce. He could be a Twitter-bot on his own. Also, I’m with Theotherjean, some one needs to be sued/charged over releasing a name!
3Remember Orly Taitz?
The originator of Obama’s birth certificate fiasco?
She was an attorney/dentist/real estate agent.
Now with bots the credentials are bigger, better, even more fantastic. I’m still waiting for Trump to release the big news his investigators uncovered in Hawaii when they looked into Obama’s birth certificate. One of these days now?
4Have always wondered how many bots and fake accounts twitter and facebook established early during launches to generate a band wagon effect.
5Neither can be trusted. Both sell every piece of information they can, legally or not, get their grubby little paws on.
They will never kick a revenue “positive” thug off for fear of losing a penny. As soon as thug starts costing money ( lost subscribers etc) they will play out the kabuki theatre of kicking them off as though anything but profits, and potential loss, had any effect upon the decision.
For all the issues with Apple will always appreciate the statement that their users data is not their product, unlike twitter and facebook.
Use of facebook and twitter is an invitation to manipulation and being digitally “ghettoized” for facebook’s and twitter’s profit.
Any D campaign that uses either platform is obviously not serious about winning since they might as well just fed ex their strategy’s, plans and inside info to demented donnie since that is where it will end up.
Consider a series of head lines
1)Russia agents raid Alexei Navalny offices with power tools https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50916198
2)Raids and conscription: How Russian authorities have cracked down on Kremlin critics this week
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/raids-and-conscription-how-russian-authorities-have-cracked-down-on-kremlin-critics-this-week/2019/12/26/206ed67a-27c6-11ea-9c21-2c2a4d2c2166_story.html
3)Putin thanks Trump for foiling new year attacks https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50941754
Putin, like demented donnie, probably consider real anti corruption actions to be terrorism.
6Gotta wonder if the few contacts between anti corruption workers in russia nurtured by Michael McFaul ( and possibily Huntsman assuming that any thuglican has any principles) were used against them by draft dodger donnie.
Thatotherjean and Grandma Ada:
7That’d be awesome for somebody to sue in civil court, or state criminal court.
Cause anything at the federal level would be under the purview of Bill Barr.
The whistleblower would probably be investigated and prosecuted.
Where is Dr. Strangelove when needed?
8Bill Maher had one good idea: Give trump a toy phone and let him “tweet” all he wants.
9picking Biden as bas as when we picked Clinton. Too much beltway
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