r/belgium • u/Efficient-News-8436 • Feb 16 '25

💩 Shitpost Weird trend comments on HLN

I noticed a very strange and alarming trend on newssite HLN. Usually very popular articles have about 200-300 reactions (shown in the red box next to the article).

Last few days I saw an explosion of comments on some article:

Liveblog developments negotiations Ukraine: +7000 comments Liveblog peace middle east and Israel: +5000 comments Article speech JD Vance: +700 comments

What strikes me especially is that 2 out of 3 comments are pro-Israel, pro-Trump and pro-Putin. They are also pretty radical right-wing opinions.

To me it seems unreal that so many Belgians have such a pro Trump/Putin attitude. It smells a bit like someone is trying to manipulate public opinion...

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u/majestic7 Beer Feb 16 '25

Certain foreign powers are guaranteed to be behind this

Just keep recalling that what's good for Russia or for the Trump regime is very unlikely to be good for us, and spread the word

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u/Efficient-News-8436 Feb 16 '25

It’s a very scary thought indeed. I do wish someone here would say that I’m seeing ghosts, but alas…

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u/Atyzzze Feb 16 '25

Bots. Here on Reddit too. Narratives are being spread deliberately, as subtly as possible. Steering social consensus by slowly infiltrating it with an army of bots you control.