It’s not outside of the realm of possibility, but it’s far less likely than the bots being theirs.
I could imagine a competitor, or even just someone making some money on the stock freefall, “false flagging” things to make them look even worse, it can’t be that expensive to set up and it has the potential for huge benefits
Also you have to realize there are multiple parties at play here - Disney has incentive to boost the image of ubisoft’s new star wars game, ubisoft has been in the “culture war” lens for a while now with their ass creed decisions n shiet (so it could be part of that without ubisuck’s direct involvement - potentially).
I just happened to watch part of a video where Tony Hinchcliffe says that chinese state media coordinated with a no-name comedian who hinchcliffe called a chink to get him cancelled. One can only assume why, probably just something like stoking the culture war to weaken us but that’s almost beside the point - it’s not immediately obvious who is running any given influence operation:
Yeah that's one reason Twitch doesn't ban channels that get botted. They don't know who is actually paying for the bots, the streamer themselves or somebody who hates them and wants them to get into a botting controversy.
For instance the people botting discourse on Twitter don't always bot their own accounts, they bot random people ideologically aligned with them. It makes them think the support is organic and double down.
Normies see the benefits of supporting the prevailing ideology, all they see is the rewards and incentives and they assume everybody who isn't taking the free money/attention is an idiot who doesn't understand how it works.
I just happened to watch part of a video where Tony Hinchcliffe says that chinese state media coordinated with a no-name comedian who hinchcliffe called a chink to get him cancelled. One can only assume why, probably just something like stoking the culture war to weaken us but that’s almost beside the point
The Chinese state gov is both explicitly Han supremecist and incredibly prideful/image conscious. I think destroying anyone famous who says chink is just one of their specific interests.
It’s not outside of the realm of possibility, but it’s far less likely than the bots being theirs.
I could imagine a competitor, or even just someone making some money on the stock freefall, “false flagging” things to make them look even worse, it can’t be that expensive to set up and it has the potential for huge benefits
Also you have to realize there are multiple parties at play here - Disney has incentive to boost the image of ubisoft’s new star wars game, ubisoft has been in the “culture war” lens for a while now with their ass creed decisions n shiet (so it could be part of that without ubisuck’s direct involvement - potentially).
I just happened to watch part of a video where Tony Hinchcliffe says that chinese state media coordinated with a no-name comedian who hinchcliffe called a chink to get him cancelled. One can only assume why, probably just something like stoking the culture war to weaken us but that’s almost beside the point - it’s not immediately obvious who is running any given influence operation:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l5DtpgTOfA4&pp=ygUddG9ueSBoaW5jaGNsaWZmZSB0cmlnb25vbWV0cnk%3D
Yeah that's one reason Twitch doesn't ban channels that get botted. They don't know who is actually paying for the bots, the streamer themselves or somebody who hates them and wants them to get into a botting controversy.
For instance the people botting discourse on Twitter don't always bot their own accounts, they bot random people ideologically aligned with them. It makes them think the support is organic and double down.
Normies see the benefits of supporting the prevailing ideology, all they see is the rewards and incentives and they assume everybody who isn't taking the free money/attention is an idiot who doesn't understand how it works.
The Chinese state gov is both explicitly Han supremecist and incredibly prideful/image conscious. I think destroying anyone famous who says chink is just one of their specific interests.