To think it is naive to assume Russian troll farms don’t target massive high traffic discussion forums like Mumsnet to post misinformation

[ThePeppyMoose]

Given the recent types of posts…

Bots aside, what I notice more and more are the obviously algorithm-addled posters. They all say the same things as though watching dodgy YouTube videos makes them political researchers. Usually spotted by references to being ‘awake’ and ‘waking up’ and horrifyingly hilariously ‘not believing everything you read.’

There was a great thread last weekend from a worried daughter about the retired, mostly men bored who had gone down way too many rabbit holes on you tube Etc and were spouting nonsense daily. Her father was deeply enmeshed.

The researchers in that study urged caution about drawing conclusions.
From your link;

Prof Laura Cram, director of neuropolitics research at the University of Edinburgh, told the Guardian that at least 419 of those accounts tweeted about Brexit a total of 3,468 times – mostly after the referendum had taken place...

Cram said the content of the Brexit tweets overall was “quite chaotic and it seems to be aimed at wider disruption. There’s not an absolutely clear thrust. We pick up a lot on refugees and immigration.”

She stressed that more research is needed to establish the extent of the tweets’ influence, and urged caution about drawing conclusions from the relatively small number of troll accounts so far identified. About 78% of the tweets came after the Brexit vote on 23 June 2016, she added.

Exactly this..

I didn’t see that, but I can imagine. It’s actually really sad, like a cult where there’s no deprogramming available.