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I get it's annoying to see a comment on almost every news article shared that contributes nothing to a conversation, but you can also just block the bot and be done with it.
I'm not sure why it's enough of a bug bear to take even the short amount of time it took to make this image and post it.
OP and others like them are seething at the fact that disinformation is more difficult now, you used to be able to post whatever insane bullshit you wanted and people might engage with it, now you've got a great big old banner at the bottom of your post telling everyone exactly how much bullshit you're spewing.
They've been outed, so now they've taken to attacking the credibility of their watchdog, because if they want people to continue to engage with their propaganda then people need a credible reason to distrust MBFC.
Disinformation is easier than ever on US corporate social media, because they’ve been folded into the US military-intelligence-propaganda-industrial complex.