Not gonna lie – I find this disinformation campaign quite fascinating, even though I think it is your manner and malicious. In my home country, Bulgaria, I find that we are often victims of such political campaigns, and from my opinion and the people around me, I find that these strategies yield quite good results, especially in parliamentary elections, as the Russian nucleus seems to be dividing people and growing a subsection of them, making them more vocal or loud. They put banners in front of their apartments, they participate in rallies. They are very vocal on social media, and even have their own coded language. You can see their efforts on the comment section of popular news websites like dnevnik.bg.

I for one would like to community to stay as it is – small, but with a more meaningful discussion, similiar to hackernews. Lemmy and the wider Fediverse should be a reliable contender to the commercial platforms, and people like us who want an alternative.