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  "textContent": "submitted by gary_host_laptop to communism\n28 points | 8 comments\n\n\n**instance-level signals**\n\n  * brand new account with no post history outside political threads\n  * account from a known bad-faith/large general purpose instance (lemmy.world etc) that only ever shows up in communist/.ml communities\n\n\n\n**content signals**\n\n  * \"both sides\" framing but applied asymmetrically, equating us imperialism with defensive responses from targeted states\n  * humanitarian interventionism: “but what about the people of x” used specifically to justify nato/us positions\n  * treats western ngos and media as neutral baseline, demands extraordinary evidence for any counter-narrative\n  * whataboutism that only ever runs one direction, deflects from western atrocities but never from the targets of western aggression\n  * \"im a leftist but…\" followed by a position you could copy paste from a state dept briefing\n  * disproportionate focus on us adversaries (china, russia, cuba, dprk, venezuela, iran) with zero comparable scrutiny of us allies\n  * concern trolling about “authoritarianism” that somehow only ever applies to socialist states\n\n\n\n**behavioral signals**\n\n  * posts consistently during us business hours\n  * only shows up when a specific topic is active, disappears otherwise\n  * never updates their position no matter what evidence you put in front of them, the argument is purely performative\n  * high comment to post, or post to comment ratio, always replying never posting, reactive disruption pattern\n  * posts are concentrated in the same few communities, often with overlap between suspected accounts suggesting coordinated targeting\n\n",
  "title": "How to spot a fed on Lemmy"
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