It's a sad indictment of the tools we create being used to destroy the world we live in

Because troll factories are a SaaS opportunity

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Because I (and other people) found it interesting

...Why wouldn't it be? Russian (and state-level generally) propaganda is a huge issue in tech right now.

Do you honestly not understand why?

Indeed.

Since we're here, this is just counter-propaganda. There are thousands of organizations doing similar things. The whole "Russia is creating strife on Facebook!" thing is ridiculous too if you think about it for just a few seconds.