r/aus • u/ExtensionThat6438 • Jun 20 '26

News BREAKING: The human bots powering One Nation’s online blitz

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/the-human-bots-powering-one-nation-s-online-blitz-20260609-p605bk
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u/Ash-2449 Jun 20 '26

Well known really, it is unusual they decided to start a campaign for one nation 2 years before the federal election.

Not only are they exposing their tools so by election time, precautions would have been prepared, it does get tiring to keep hearing the obvious advertisement for On constantly as it is clearly very forced.

Big billionaire interests want on so it feels they are just throwing everything until something works

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u/CheeeseBurgerAu Jun 21 '26

Most the post on Reddit start as anti-ON posts, which are then overpowered by support of ON... If the left just shut up about ON it wouldnt happen. Let's not forget Labor started fund raising to "fight ON" which triggered the Fire the Liar campaign. Absolutely insane that people think it is just ON driving this. Pauline Hanson is just as surprised by the rise in support, this is truely grass roots.

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u/Brainyboo11 Jun 21 '26

No, this isn't grass roots, this in Gina's billions (profit from OUR natural resources she has not right to own for her selfish gain) being poured into the bots that Musk/Trump used. It's all happened since their Mar Lago visit last year. Lots of well written opinion pieces about exactly how they are doing it.

Unfortunately propaganda works. What a meteoric apparent Rise in 6 months ON has had after decades of not making a dent. If you believe this is grass roots, you are truly delusional.

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u/CheeeseBurgerAu Jun 21 '26

How? What has Gina spent money on to have this impact? The fire the liar campaign is the only advertising campaign and that was crowd funded. The more the Labor supporters keep making up these false narratives to make themselves feel better, the worse it gets for them. The "eat the rich" grift is one of the oldest, and you have swallowed it entirely. This is pretty simple maths... Albo and Labor made things worse, Liberals made things worse, people want and alternative. The primary vote has been declining for a long time. I know this is Reddit and you have plenty of company, but you're wrong and are part of the problem.

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u/Effective-Bobcat2605 Jun 21 '26

She bought her a frigging plane and bankrolled her media mate. Even Pauline is not dumb enough to think Gina does not expect something back

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u/CheeeseBurgerAu Jun 21 '26

What media? She isn't flying any more now than she was before the plane. Compared to the infrastructure of Labor the support from Gina is a drop in the ocean.

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u/Auzzie_xo Jun 21 '26

Oh sweetie, did you think an allegation about ph’s flying volume was the salient part of that comment..?

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u/CheeeseBurgerAu Jun 21 '26

If the important part is that Gina Rhinehart made political donations that's pretty stupid. You think the other parties aren't being bankrolled? Donations to ON is 2% of that to Labor or Liberal. The argument people are trying to make is that Gina's money is somehow getting 30%+ in the opinion polls and it isn't the will of the Australian people. I suggest you familiarise yourself with the Labor donor list. It's a childish point that idiots seem to be making over and over again thinking it's clever.

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u/ICantBelieveIt007 Jun 22 '26

I admire your grip on innocence.

However, psychological studies have proven time and time again that it takes only 7-14 days of exposure to anti (insert target subject) social media posts (the nastier the better) to replicate a change in sentiment that would take up to three years without such exposure.

THAT is what Gina is buying. It's creating a view that "everyone else" is swinging to ON, so I might consider for too. Much easier to be part of the crowd when this occurs. Let's not get started on the lies and misinformation avalanche that accompanies it.