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Originally Posted by getbak
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This was posted on r/science on reddit and got plastered in the comments. Essentially:
- The author only considered Twitter in his study.
- The author only considered tweets that @'d the director directly.
- The pool of tweets was tiny.
- The author then subjectively classifies the person making the tweet as a troll either by their username (a common first + surname followed by numbers) or whether or not they have tweeted "conservative talking points" in the past. Essentially you can be a Russian Bot if your name is Jane Doe and happen to follow Ben Shapiro on Twitter.
When even reddit rejects it, you know it's bad.
Beyond that, it doesn't even make sense why Russia would want to sabotage Star Wars. It makes about as much sense as Russian trolls supporting pipeline development in Canada (yes, CBC made an article about this).
Disney has taken a really dumb stance to dehumanize their critics. I hated TLJ, but the vilification of their fans is why I refuse to pay to see Solo. You can read Rian Johnson's twitter at any time to see how much he hates Star Wars fans.