Have you ever suspected an SW user as actually being a Russian troll account?

@cherokeepatti When I made this post, I was laughing at myself for what I thought was a ridiculous first impression of one particular user here. But after reading some of the replies to this, I am thinking that maybe my first impression was not so ridiculous.

@TheSirfurryanimalWales I wasn't going to mention any names, but since you're giving yourself away...😳

@DrWatson it says ‘sir furry animal Wales is suspicious’😹😹

@TheSirfurryanimalWales Yes, I ran it through Google translate. You Russian operatives need to develop less transparent codes!

@raysam363 Congratulations on being the first to say this! 😂

@DrWatson What made you post such a question?

@HairbrushDiva To get humorous responses. I think the tone of my post is light-hearted.

@DrWatson Trolling is not a light-hearted topic by any stretch of the imagination.

@bowman81 Interesting. Maybe my first impression was not so far off...

Long before social networking sites the West spared no effort to broadcast behind the "Iron Curtain" in an attempt to influence those to change governments that we felt would be easier to work with.

The Brits and Germans were very open in their opposition to Trump.

I seem to remember the US being open and supportive of Boris Yelsin in his rise to power. The Obama administration made no secret of the fact that they would rather not have Netanyahu in charge in Israel. There is some evidence that they provided organizational aide and expertise to assist the opposition party there as well.

I guess my point is that I expect nations to try to influence other nations and their people to gain advantage if they can. Social media is a just a rather new tool in the arsenal.

@Vivaci Haha. I'll put in a good recommendation for you. 😎

@Rutterman 😂🤪 you better!

@Vivaci Yes, of course. 😌

@hunkalove Cleverly tossing in a little Spanish to throw us off. Well played!

@FairyGirlGemma Теперь краснею!

@RainontheMoon I originally make this post in a tongue-in-cheek way, but after reading some replies, I might be more inclined to think it really is going on.

@DrWatson I'm second from the left!

@RainontheMoon Ah, I thought I recognized your style there! 😁

@revenant Hence my first sentence. 🙂