Whether or not you consider it “disinfo,” doesn’t it smell rather like astroturf? Note that [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/europe] is one of the targeted communities. Abridged from the original post [https://lemmy.ml/post/39655060]. — cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39655060 [https://lemmy.ml/post/39655060] > What they seem to have in common is: > - Way more posts than comments. > - Almost exclusively posting news articles. > - The vast majority of the articles are critical of Russia or China. > - Virtually always posting to the same few communities. Often there’s overlap in the communities the accounts target. > - Consistent weekly output. > > | Username | Start | End | > |-|-|-| > | [email protected] [https://beehaw.org/u/[email protected]] | May 2022 | Dec. 2024 | > | [email protected] [https://lemmy.ml/u/[email protected]] | Apr. 2023 | Jun. 2024 | > | [email protected] [https://lemmy.ml/u/[email protected]] | Apr. 2024 | Jan. 2025 | > | [email protected] [https://feddit.org/u/[email protected]] | Jun. 2024 | Dec. 2024 | > | [email protected] [https://slrpnk.net/u/[email protected]] | Jan. 2025 | Apr. 2025 | > | @[email protected] [/u/[email protected]] [https://scribe.disroot.org/u/randomname] | Jan. 2025 | – | > | @[email protected] [/u/[email protected]] [https://lemmy.sdf.org/u/Hotznplotzn] | Jan. 2025 | – | > | @[email protected] [/u/[email protected]] [https://scribe.disroot.org/u/Scotty] | Aug. 2025 | – | > | @[email protected] [/u/[email protected]] [https://mander.xyz/u/Sepia] | Nov. 2025 | – |