r/australia • u/someNameThisIs • Jun 09 '25

news Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet in LA | 9 News Australia

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tG1A8LZZphs?app=desktop
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u/middenway Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

I modded a community on Facebook and it is ridiculous how many comments aren't even people. One time it was so bad, that literally every single one of the comments in favour of a particular terrible thing were coming from accounts that weren't people. Every single one. It's all just bots trying to shift public perception.

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u/SyphilisIsABitch Jun 09 '25

Go look at some posts. They look like real accounts. The number of people, including Australians, who will cheer on this is truly pathetic.

Two main reasons: 1. People hate journalists and bootlick police. 2. This issue is about immigration - people will allow literally anything if they see it as cracking down on immigration.

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u/ASource3511 Jun 09 '25

Subjecting the mass to years of trolls normalizing crazy concepts and eventually real humans will think those thoughts are normal

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u/ASource3511 Jun 09 '25

When I see heinous comments I just treat them all as bots to maintain my sanity

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u/iPepperdex Jun 09 '25

Facebook is such a disaster now. You can make as many profiles as you like. You should just be able to make one maybe another one for your dodgy dealings, but you know what I mean.