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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 66 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Edit 3: The Daily Beast has now confirmed some locations in the tweet:

Dozens of major accounts masquerading as “America First” or “MAGA” proponents have been identified as originating in places such as Russia, India, and Nigeria.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-influencers-accidentally-unmasked-as-foreign-actors/

Edit 2: Here is another one from a commenter in the comments. Again, take locations with a grain of salt:

A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.

Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries

Edit: This was reported as having zero citations and they're right. I haven't had my coffee yet. Because I was interested, I did find this article about it saying that it was removed quickly. Please take this with a grain of salt as to the locations.

It's unclear exactly why X quickly removed the feature shortly after rolling it out to the public. However, Bier replied to some X users who were reporting that their "About this account" was showing inaccurate information, which may be the reason why the feature was taken down.

We'll soon find out if Musk's social media platform reinstates the feature.

https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-rolls-out-country-of-origin-profiles-then-removes-it

This is attracting a lot of trolls. I'm going to leave it up for a little while, but don't take the bait please. If I see bait, I'm removing the chain, not just the OG comment.

[–] ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Twitter is still popular. Most people are just never going to leave it. I don't think they care either way whether the location feature exposed anything or not. Musk gets people talking about his platform and that's all he cares about. Most people are like leftists. They will complain about things, but won't really do anything productive to help realize meaningful changes.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 4 points 12 hours ago

The fact that only Cambridge Analytica has been investigated for manipulation is a testament to how widespread it is, and that Elon Musk was able to buy Twitter without consequence was just reality smearing it all over our faces.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

"Let's hide everything in the midst of fog so we can continue with our fuckery.". At least Elon learned something from the americans.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

Hopefully news agencies run with it, but their CEOs and chairmen seem to be largely complicit.

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 5 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Is this real or satire? God I hate that I ask this at least once a week

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 hours ago

Uh I thought we knew about MAGA being fuelled by Russian propaganda farms 9 years ago lol

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 12 hours ago

This is real

[–] GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works 16 points 22 hours ago
[–] phoenixarise@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

lol there’s a conspiracy going around that Muskrat did it on purpose to humiliate Trump. Something about something he said at the State dinner?

[–] ronl2k@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Shouldn't the result humiliate Musk more than Trump? Musk is the one responsible for the integrity of his platform.

[–] axx@slrpnk.net 1 points 13 hours ago

I don't think he has this "integrity"concept we used tto value.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 164 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Bad news, everyone. We have detected cockroaches in the kitchen.

The good news is that we just turned off the lights, so now we can't see them.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

Holy moley, that's a perfect metaphor, because we all know how cockroach behavior & numbers accelerate when they're in the dark.

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[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Remember. Elon is a problematic drug addict but Twitter had this information long before he was in charge and they were perfectly content with this fact.

Tech companies are not your friend and don't give a shit about your cause or your morals.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I imagine they contacted US authorities regarding this information on the back channels, a lot of social networks allow people to continue posting so they can "incriminate" themselves in regards to whatever interests they may be offending while having open contact with authorities.

No, tech companies are not your friends, and they can easily be compelled by the states they legally reside in without it ever becoming public knowledge.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the amusing part is Musk didn't bother to check over that data before saying it should go live. Mean I'm pretty sure I saw it was removed soon after, but I was mostly skimming. Think he's knows enough that 10mins is all the Internet needs., and 10min is generous.

Seriously what person who manipulates social platforms wouldn't think, well let's give this data a once over for the big voices I want amplified?

It may be an oversight but it's more likely he's not overly intelligent. Seriously when manipulation via social media is a goal that's a pretty high fucking priority. Like he should have a report from a team checking that out before it went live. Maybe he tried but fired anyone competent enough but if you're a billionaire you should have a few (competent) teams ready for various tasks.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Eh that's assuming he even knows what is going on at Twitter.

He purged like 75 percent of the company. The only ones left are the ones with no other options.

Pretty sure his focus is on getting Tesla to give him ever increasing compensation while it starts to circle the drain.

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 172 points 1 day ago (8 children)

There need to be real consequences for this. This is mass propaganda that affects geopolitics, interferes in elections, undermines democracy and encourages people into a worldview that is destined for conflict.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 112 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Consequences imposed by whom? The US is currently ruled by the very powers who are employing these accounts.

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[–] maxxadrenaline@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

fuck musk. hope he takes a flight in one of his own space ships.

[–] mondomon@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Why not one of his own Neurolink chips?

[–] GazpachoManRandy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

omg this made me chuckle. Of all the disses in the world you could say. lol!

[–] arc99@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (4 children)

If that is true then Musk & Twitter 100% knew about it before disclosing location to other users.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Musk is both stupid enough and narcissitic enough to have legitimately thought his charm and personality were making MAGA flock to him on his own personal "I need my ego stroked" site. It's quite possible it never even occured to him that none of it was real.

[–] Huschke@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

That's a good point.

Musk, Trump and other narcissist like them always look genuinely confused when a crowd boos them.

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 28 points 1 day ago

Only if they cared enough to analyse the data though

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is there any source for this huge accusation that isn’t a blurry picture of text from someone you’ve never heard of? Come on Lemmy, you’re better than this.

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[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 91 points 1 day ago (6 children)
[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (7 children)

...beep, boop ... No, this can't be real, because it would be stupid and utterly unscrupulous deception of users. So it can't be real, since X is owned by Elon Musk, the most handsome, responsible, and intelligent person in the world. ... boop, boop...

/s

See also:

Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries

and

Elon Musk's X rolls out feature that shows users' country of origin – then suddenly removes it

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Then I'm afraid you're in the wrong place... here there are only unfunny comments from unfunny people like me :)

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[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 32 points 1 day ago

Maybe the real CIA-funded third world nation coups were the bots we made along the way

[–] notsure@fedia.io 58 points 1 day ago (14 children)
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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 day ago (11 children)

I don't live in america, nor want to, yet I'm also wanting to influence the americans...to do something about the orange kiddie fiddling rapist that they voted in, twice!

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