‘Why don’t you wear a suit?’ jibe aimed at Ukrainian president came from the boyfriend of Right-wing firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene
It was a low blow designed to humiliate the president of Ukraine in front of a global television audience and provide a viral clip for social media.
archive link: https://archive.ph/wDDU5/
Bot farms create massive numbers of accounts in early service adoption for this very reason.
Also, my Lemmy account creation date coincides with the Reddit API controversy in 2023.
I felt strongly enough to take action and quit reddit after that mess too.
I do agree with you though. There are definitely active misinformation campaigns on social media - even Lemmy is targeted by polictical trolls and shills.
It’s good to have some critical thinking and question everything. I’m with you.