Michael Buschmichael_w_busch@mastodon.online
Oct 13, 2026, 6:38 PMCheck your sources. Even if you like what they are saying.
QT Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social
2026 October 13
Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.
https://bsky.app/profile/katestarbird.bsky.social/post/3mxrjoq7cqs2b