Yes, there are experts who look at botnets and disinformation. You can follow them on Twitter like I do.

I haven’t seen much specific talk of that on social media. Though admittedly after all the bullshit in this thread and watching all my sports team descend into incompetence I’ve taken a break from looking into some of it on Twitter. 

No, it’s not. Most of it is legitimate. This is something that drives experts on the topic insane. Dudebra linked it to Russia! It’s absurd. The vast majority of assholes on social media are just assholes. Inauthentic accounts do exist, but most of them jump on pre-existing trends. I’ve not seen any evidence that any…

You are a perfect example of every bit of smarmy intellectual dishonesty that these group of loud, bigoted Sanders supporters represent.

I’ve not seen any evidence. The assumption that Sanders would do better in the online vote probably has some merit. But that he’d run away with it? Doubtful. 

I think some cisgender people are legitimately terrified by the idea that their gender is not some fixed eternal thing, and that their physical characteristics can significantly change from hormones. The way to counter the fear is to constantly reject the idea that trans people can actually change their bodies to fit…

Go figure, the asshole dismissed this. Don’t let the evidence get in the way of your persecution complex I guess. 

Precisely the heap of abusive bullshit in this thread is why they’re not putting a target on the backs of their members. There’s dozens of you people here screaming about them despite the fact you clearly haven’t listened to a damn thing they’ve said so far.

Completely wrong name and I did it twice. I can’t even explain that. I guess this fever finally caught up to me cause that’s a weird error for me. 

I don’t think it’s fair to suggest he’s not. They put stuff out there quickly and unambiguously. Simone’s tweet is strong. Doing a speech on the issue would provide too much attention and give too much power to the abusive trolls. It wouldn’t make any real substantive difference either, the kind of people who enjoy…

Read. The. Medium. Piece.

Read the fucking Medium piece. There’s so many of you charlatans in these responses who didn’t bother to do the basic standard of research before spewing conspiracy theories.

I don’t know why you’ve turned into a dishonest and abusive asshole, but you were wrong. Have the basic decency to admit it instead of acting like this.

Not like super-delegates. I suggest reading the Medium piece. They address that explicitly. 

You’re a centrist for supporting the second most progressive candidate, who agrees with Sanders on most substantive issues but is a bit more cautious in both presentation and policy details. It’s absurd.

The responses here do not leave me feeling optimistic on that last issue.

For fuck’s sake, thanks for proving my point. This thread is a dumpster fire already.

Yeah, no. I see multiple people trying this bullshit, including one tying this to Russia. These are real people. Some of them are prominent. Jacobin for example has been all in on the “promote conspiracy theories” train.

Also, read the Medium post people. All this bullshit about “leadership controlling the process” and “why won’t they release the vote totals” shows people haven’t actually listened when the WFP explained their process. 

This is a classic example of conspiracy mongering. Note the “just asking questions” bullshit at the end, as well as the attempt to justify the abuse in the structure of the first sentence. There’s no way to say “the abuse is bad, but” without the “but” being the defining part of the sentence.