Notice a sudden downturn lately in conspiracist rightwing “content”?

There’s a reason why.

Quote:Ukraine’s fight against Russia arguably took one of the most intriguing turns of the entire conflict this weekend, after a co-ordinated drone strike against several major Russian data centres completely decimated Yandex—their Google equivalent....
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Bot traffic from the Yandex network has dropped to just 0.4% of the maximum number of HTTP requests recorded in the past two weeks. That means activity from automated, Russian-hosted accounts has been virtually eliminated on social media.

These developments come at a crucial point. Russia has ramped up its attacks against Ukrainian infrastructure in recent weeks, targeting power plants as recently as this weekend. Donald Trump has also seemingly swung towards a pro-Moscow position, after brokering a diesel deal with Vladimir Putin.

And, what’s more, the Trump Administration is heading into a set of midterm elections where their popularity is tanking, and major losses are expected. And, with X/Twitter traffic accounting for an estimated 21-29% of activity on the US platform, this might have a major impact on how campaign messages are seen.

There has already been a strong and significant impact on bot traffic in countries such as France and Germany. David Colon, a French information operations researcher, has noted a huge difference in the performance of narratives generated by the Russia-linked information operations group, Storm-1516.

In a series of Tweets, he has explained how a host of prominent bot-powered accounts—all with a far-right swing—are no longer being amplified on the site, as a direct consequence of the Yandex attacks. Pages which achieve millions of views on a single posts are now struggling to generate a four-figure count.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed the tactical strikes, stating that they have resulted in ‘less hate and division’ being stoked online. It’s unclear as to when Yandex will get up and running to full capacity again—and the timing is certainly problematic for Moscow and its sympathisers.

When our strikes reached Yandex data centers, it suddenly became easier to [use] social media platforms. People noticed there was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations on social media. Because there were fewer bots, it’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from.

– Volodomyr Zelenksy

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politi...es-410510/

Quote:Russian disinformation bot traffic plunges overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple Putin's data centers: Report

Russian bot traffic has reportedly collapsed after a series of Ukrainian drone strikes knocked major data centers operated by Yandex, Russia’s answer to Google, offline. The attacks have disrupted the country’s digital infrastructure, and may have dealt a major blow to the networks used to spread Russian disinformation online.

According to the report, Cloudflare data show that bot traffic from the Yandex network plunged to just 0.4% of the peak number of HTTP requests recorded over the preceding two weeks. The decline followed a series of attacks on the company’s facilities, including a third reported strike on Sunday.

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https://dailyboulder.com/russian-disinfo...rs-report/

https://x.com/cpscott16/status/2109473410296566136

He had a bad day.

Ok. And?

(10-12-2026 10:33 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Ok. And?

There's no "and." This fo...uh, person looks for anything he can that he thinks qualifies his intense hatred of conservatives, regardless of the inanity of content. When no one responds, he bumps himself by responding to his own thread. That alone tells you all you need to know about the threads he creates. "Useless as teats on a boar hog" comes to mind.

(10-12-2026 11:14 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 10:33 AM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Ok. And?

There's no "and." This fo...uh, person looks for anything he can that he thinks qualifies his intense hatred of conservatives, regardless of the inanity of content. When no one responds, he bumps himself by responding to his own thread. That alone tells you all you need to know about the threads he creates. "Useless as teats on a boar hog" comes to mind.

And then we come along and drown him out.

Wtf is this guys problem? I'd get banned for the crap he posts.

I wish the Bots would have a sudden death on this Board.

What is the point of this theead?

Good. Can't stand Putin. (Can't stand Zelenskyy either.)

I haven't typically interacted with you, Gitanole, but I'm sure you're a nice lady but im curious where the data centers are located for all the leftwing misinformation bots. My guess would be China. Their misinformation campaigns for leftwing ideologies make right-wing misinformation bots look like childplay.

(10-12-2026 04:08 PM)WKUApollo Wrote:  I haven't typically interacted with you, Gitanole, but I'm sure you're a nice lady but im curious where the data centers are located for all the leftwing misinformation bots. My guess would be China. Their misinformation campaigns for leftwing ideologies make right-wing misinformation bots look like childplay.

I always thought Gitanole was a man. He or she hasn't said definitively. (An actual man or actual woman, not one pretending to be the other. Again, anything with only X chromosomes is a woman; anything containing even one Y chromosome is a man, including genetic mutations.)

(10-12-2026 02:04 PM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  What is the point of this theead?

It's just spam to clutter the board. Not sure why they allow it.

People are calling it Operation Quiet Piggy.

The man holds a few cards after all.

(10-12-2026 06:00 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 04:08 PM)WKUApollo Wrote:  I haven't typically interacted with you, Gitanole, but I'm sure you're a nice lady but im curious where the data centers are located for all the leftwing misinformation bots. My guess would be China. Their misinformation campaigns for leftwing ideologies make right-wing misinformation bots look like childplay.

I always thought Gitanole was a man. He or she hasn't said definitively. (An actual man or actual woman, not one pretending to be the other. Again, anything with only X chromosomes is a woman; anything containing even one Y chromosome is a man, including genetic mutations.)

You may be right. For some reason I thought he or she was a woman. I may have confused him or her with another poster. Their style of posts do come across as more like a woman would post but that may be because I tend to think most far leftists are Karen's.

Men can be women after all.

As a result of the data center bombings, a moment of silence for all the Russian "girl friends" that suddenly vanished without a trace.

(10-13-2026 05:18 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  As a result of the data center bombings, a moment of silence for of all Russian "girl friends" that suddenly vanished without a trace.

Apparently, catfish still exist. lol

A fascophiliac piggy or two around here have suddenly gone quiet.

Notice?

(10-13-2026 05:28 AM)Gitanole Wrote:  People are calling it Operation Quiet Piggy.

The man holds a few cards after all.

(10-13-2026 06:18 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-13-2026 05:18 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  As a result of the data center bombings, a moment of silence for of all Russian "girl friends" that suddenly vanished without a trace.

Apparently, catfish still exist. lol

It's not fish fry Friday yet.

That moment you realize Russia really was listening.