return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 hours agoWhy did Trump really win? It's simple, actually.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down110cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoWhy did everyone suddenly start misspelling Russia?
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoThey tag some of their military assets with ‘Z’ for battlefield identification
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoBecause the Russians liked the movie world war z or what? Also I’m still confused why people on Lemmy would adopt that spelling regardless
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·56 minutes agoThey needed a symbol to spray paint on their tanks to easily differentiate them. Z is simple and it’s not a a Cyrillic letter.
minus-squarechasingtheflow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 hours agoShhh don’t wake the bots
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoSo they think this will avoid bots astroturfing? I’m pretty sure they could update their filters in seconds to account for that, if so.
Why did everyone suddenly start misspelling Russia?
They tag some of their military assets with ‘Z’ for battlefield identification
Because the Russians liked the movie world war z or what? Also I’m still confused why people on Lemmy would adopt that spelling regardless
They needed a symbol to spray paint on their tanks to easily differentiate them. Z is simple and it’s not a a Cyrillic letter.
Shhh don’t wake the bots
So they think this will avoid bots astroturfing? I’m pretty sure they could update their filters in seconds to account for that, if so.