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minus-squaresarsaparilyptus@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up42·1 year ago coming from a disinformation campaign It wouldn’t be surprising:
minus-squaresubito@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoOh my gosh, someone needs to contact tech news orgs
minus-squaresaxy_sax_player@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoEven the user names are formatted in a similar fashion.
minus-squaresarsaparilyptus@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThat’s reddit’s auto-generated username format. Most bots use those.
minus-squareConfuzzeled@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHey, some of us just lack imagination.
minus-squareAbidanYre@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoLooks exactly like all the arguments against net neutrality when that fiasco went down.
It wouldn’t be surprising:
Oh my gosh, someone needs to contact tech news orgs
Like Ars Technica?
Even the user names are formatted in a similar fashion.
That’s reddit’s auto-generated username format. Most bots use those.
Hey, some of us just lack imagination.
Looks exactly like all the arguments against net neutrality when that fiasco went down.