I’m trying to work out if you’re a Russian activist or if you’re a chronically online kid who stays up far too late and whose mind is so pickled by articles written by those of the calibre of flat earthers that he’s completely lost balance and proportionality.

That’s not to say there aren’t any nuggets of truth in what you’re saying, simply that you’ve taken these data points and you’ve joined them up so as to produce a picture that is unrecognisable. And for what? What’s your aim?

The difference between you and I is that I’m not the one trying to drop ‘truth bombs’. I’m not angry. I’m not insisting that everything I believe is true. This is how I can tell you’re young. You believe you know a lot, but you have no wisdom.

If you’re not a Russian activist in Russia or a country whose policy it is to support Russia, then I genuinely wish you luck. Having not only the opinions you have with your mindset and apparent need to control other people is going to get you into a lot of trouble. If you are in Russia or a country who supports Russia then I can understand why you talk the way you do. You’d be under the influence of a completely different set of propaganda.

You really are a twisted one. Good luck out there buddy. You’re going to need it.

Yeah, OK buddy. You can tell yourself that, but you have no idea what I know. So I’ll hang on my western liberalism just now. Ta.

Again, this is 2022. And again is exclusively looking at hash tags on Twitter. Here’s the actual source https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-19097-1_3

What genuine conclusions can we reach here? That Ukraine is heavily appealing to the west for support? That’s a widely known fact.

Does this activity validate Russia’s position, and can we assume they aren’t engaged in propaganda on VK or other social networks more popular in their country? No!

It’s also widely known that Russia’s challenge is convincing their country to send their sons to war. That’s going to put a massively different spin on the nature of the propaganda and where it can be found.

Even if I concede your bot ratio argument. The bottom line here is that I’m staggered by the opinions so easily found here, and I’m doing what I can to test various theories I have to understand what’s actually going on. So far I’ve been shown nothing genuinely surprising or new, except for the wild interpretations of much more sober facts.

I’m genuinely asking for information here. You talk as though my lack of understanding is some kind of position I choose to maintain. There are very few cases in which I would choose to dehumanise anyone. Except for perhaps the most extreme incidents of violent crime.

I’m someone who wants to learn what you know. Tell me.

Downvoted for asking an open question. I’m sensing extremism is lurking… XD

Credit where credit’s due. That is a source. Just not quite for what I understand you are stating. This study was published in 2025, and used an internal Chinese university funding source in the year 2023/4. It is exclusively looking at Twitter (X) and Reddit posts about the Bucha massacre which took place in April 2022.

You appear to have taken elements of this study and are extrapolating it to reinforce a unilateral world view for all time that bears little association with the original research.

I ask you to note that genuine scientific research always starts from a position of openness to new information. This would be true if the study was repeated for a new topic today.

Where are you getting your information for this? I’m not about to take this idea onboard cause some guy on the internet told me and he really sounded like he meant it.

This all sounds lovely, but I’m struggling to see Russia’s role in opposing imperialism following their repeated incursions into Ukrainian territory and the more recent full-blown military invasion and the subsequent war. I understand imperialism can be summarised by one nation ruling or attempting to rule over another. How do Russia’s actions with Ukraine represent a “progressive” role in opposing it?

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That’s fair. To be honest I started with the theory that you were a bot or some pro-Russian propaganda tool. Now I believe you’re human I’d like apologise for the aggression. You didn’t deserve that.

Ah, OK. I rolled the dice on that one. Didn’t realise you would so easily agree. I think I see that we just have different views on whether a country represents the ideals of one or a smaller number of actors, whether or not they have made their way to the higher echelons of government. It’s clear that we’re not going to see eye to eye on this. Thanks for the exchange though.

I do continue to say it. Are pedophiles representative of the USA? They voted one in and still have him there after the abundant evidence that he contributed to the abuse and trafficking of girls and underage young women. I’ll agree that Nazis are representative of Ukraine if you agree that pedophiles are representative of good ol’ 'Murica.

No, I’m wondering what genuine options Zelensky has. It strikes me that he’s not in a position to make well balanced decisions. If he doesn’t recruit the help of these Nazis than what would be the reality for his campaign against the Russian invaders and pro-Russians in his country? Is there evidence that Zelensky has recruited the help of these Nazis because he genuinely, and wholeheartedly supports their policitcal aims? These would be kind of questions that would be asked in court. I think it’s reasonable to look at a few memes and articles and believe the full picture is still much deeper.

So you’re calling me a Nazi? This is proof of Godwin’s law. Let me try and dumb-down my position a bit for you…

Does the Ukraine itself have a chequered past with allegiences going east and west over time? Yes.

Is it clear that Ukraine have recruited the help of some highly questionable groups? Yes.

Does that make them representative of those groups? No.

Are they doing this because they’re in an extremely challenging position with limited options? Yes.

Would I do the same if I was in a similar position? Perhaps…?

Does this short list come close to fully summarizing the situation in Ukraine? Not at all.

Your question is invalid. You want a clear, partisan response that reinforces a myopic world view. I talk to you like an insolent child because you act like one. The reality of the situation in Ukraine is far more complex than a few journalists, buzz-terms, or a few memes can encapsulate. You don’t actually want discussion or debate. You want to believe you spotted something that few others have. I think you’re missing about 99% of the detail required to help you form a question that I actually would be interested in engaging.

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It’s very odd. I’m trying to work out if its pro-Russian activists hijacking a largely unregulated and slightly obscure social networking platform or if it’s just extremist lefties who’ve gone so far to left they’ve gone around the back and reappeared on the far right! Either way the absence of (or presence of shit) moderators is noticeable here…

But these articles indicate that neo-nazis are involved. I read that as they are present, but they are not representative. This is like saying that all of USA are pedophiles because of their orange-faced, democratically-elected, and still-in-power leader…

Is this really where we’re at? I’ve seen like five like this on here just today. Where are these wildly extreme views coming from? I need actual sources that are not simply other memes.