Maybe I'm wrong - but have Russian bots invaded newspaper comment sections?

[jpak]

If so, they are out in force today.

[dalton99a]

1. Hell yes

[pandr32]

2. It seems it would be on the 'must do' list for Russian bots

[Raster]

3. Oh yes. The Russian Bots and their ilk are doing everything they can...

... to try and temper THE RISING anti-tRump* sentiments errupting today. I've already seen highly questionable pages and feeds on Farcebook attempting to sow dissension among Democrats.

Tell me Mark Z*, is allowing Russia to use Farcebook* to destroy America just another "social experiment," or are you just a textbook TRAITOR?

[Mister Ed]

4. I can't see why they would.

Wait! I meant "wouldn't"!

[onecaliberal]

5. Yes, they're out bigly today

[dlk]

6. Why Wouldn't They?

[Girard442]

7. Bots or not, it's stage #1 of Trumpite damage control.

Flood the channels with argle-bargle and throw a lot of alternative narratives against the wall to see if any of them stick. The one I've seen repeated is, "Well. Hillary gave them a whole lot of uranium, so Trump is way better than her.'

[kimbutgar]

8. Most newspaper wants a valid verified email address and your local telephone number

The couple of times I got published they called me to verify who I was as and confirm it was my comment. Maybe only Reich Wong owned newspaper don’t verify.

[TheRealNorth]

10. Except

The Russians probably have a lot of that information thanks to Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

[jpak]

11. Anybody can get an email address to sign up and log into Disqus.

You could even generate multiple accounts.

It's a simple thing to do - and your user name doesn't have to be your real name.

[librechik]

9. They wouldn't not do that

Wouldn't they?

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

12. They most certainly are.

They've been going for three days now. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210880089
There's definitely a common narrative. The new one I've seen today is that Russia is actually a better ally than other countries. But the call definitely went out to man the keyboards. Emergancy...everybody to get from street!