• Maalus@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        Because it’s all politics. There is money in ridiculing a politician, rigtfully or not. Also, people don’t do that shit “organically”, it’s too much effort and has to start somewhere. So either it is 100s of accounts that were started by few people (bots), or it is specifically targetted by political opponents (bots).

        Also, ask yourself, would you change your account name, set your avatar to that picture, just for a passing meme joke on a single video? No? Then why would anyone else do that?

        Edit: also check the profiles. One comment, three comments, accounts either made 10 years ago or 5 months ago, one account that always starts with “as a Norwegian woman” like that matters at all to a youtube comment and is totally how people speak.

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          4 hours ago

          It reminds me of how musical artists would let people vote on their next venue, and 4chan would find ways to make it a school for the deaf, or the inception of Boaty McBoatface.