i'm pretty sure i account for about half of those. i had dozens of fediverse identities before lemmy and now... well lets just say i don't think it's a problem, but at this point i think i could identify a lemmy welcome email at 200 feet.
i haven't reviewed the un's claim, only the AP writeup which was pretty thin. all the "evidence" I've subjected myself to is, as you said, hearsay or innuendo.
I had been pretty cavalier, saying it didn't happen, but the headline on this post does give me pause.
as someone excited to see police precincts burn, I have to reluctantly agree a bit. riots are fair play as far as I'm concerned, and having the libs criminalize this shit feels like another knife in the back.
Russia/RNC/whoever see they can exploit the genocide in Israel to weaken Joe Biden by framing him as a perpetrator of genocide.
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They go on internet forums that are sympathetic to this cause like Lemmy.
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They pose as upset Democratic voters that are going to teach the DNC a lesson by refusing to vote for Joe Biden and help get Trump reelected.
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They have bad faith discussions with well meaning but gullible Lemmings (known as useful idiots or "UI") and convince the UI that not supporting Joe Biden is the right thing to do and that the UI is a reasonable person that is just responding the facts in front of them.
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They do this by coming up with catchy nicknames like Genocide Joe and appealing to the UI's need to feel heard and be represented.
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The UI then goes about their day spreading this message far and wide never realizing they were manipulated into believing something and engaging in an action that will ultimately harm them.
this is more election misinformation