I'm seeing people saying the Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centers resulted in fewer right-wing bots posting and I'm seeing people deny there was any change.
I say we settle this by applying the Scientific Method: Repeat the experiment multiple times.
@jackwilliambell For a proper experiment, we also need a control group. How does Amazon data centres sound?
@firekeeper @jackwilliambell I think you misspelled "nuke it from orbit".
Oct 14, 2026, 5:47 AM@rupert @firekeeper @jackwilliambell I supposed a dying #Starlink satellite or some SpaceX rocket debris re-entering the atmosphere and then hitting a #Yandex data centre would be an indication that there IS a higher power in the universe?
@the_wub @rupert @firekeeper @jackwilliambell Bless us, Gravity Jesus, for we have been extra devoted this year and the insidious internet daemons deserve a good smiting.
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Sounds like a good idea.
Yes we definitely need more (less) data!
@jackwilliambell honestly, yes for science
Oct 13, 2026, 10:15 PMAnd on a much larger scale.
Oct 13, 2026, 10:36 PM@jackwilliambell I like the way you think!
Oct 13, 2026, 10:53 PM
YES, WE NEED MORE DATA!
@jackwilliambell It's the only way to be sure.....
Oct 13, 2026, 11:44 PMGood plan. There are some redundancies, after all. Take them all out and see what happens.
Oct 14, 2026, 5:50 AM@MissGayle @jackwilliambell It would seem that even for a company as large as #Amazon there are limits to how much they can do to protect customer data in the event of such catastrophic events.
I doubt it would take that much more damage to #Yandex data centres to cause permanent loss of customer data.
@jackwilliambell I honestly didn't notice any difference 🤔
@jackwilliambell Easy Peasey if all those Russian bots are in Europe then the net traffic monitors can count the number of transactions. The data is in a server somewhere.
Oct 14, 2026, 1:24 AM
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Replicate!
@jackwilliambell Yes please!
@jackwilliambell I appreciate you, Jack William Bell. 🏆
the bizarre bickering over the effect of that strike on bot traffic has been a disgrace. in two sentences you gave everybody on fedi a better and infinitely more useful option.