Bluesky

I've noticed the same thing. Some users seem less interested in genuine discussion and more focused on exhausting the conversation until the other person gives up. It’s not about exchanging ideas—it's about persistence, repetition, and making it seem like they've "won" just because they got the last word.

I've encountered accounts that mostly follow this pattern:

• They present themselves as neutral or centrist but consistently echo Kremlin talking points—things like "NATO crossed Russia’s red line" or "You’re ignoring the materialist perspective."
• They seem AI-assisted—the phrasing is polished, but they cycle through the same arguments without really engaging with what’s been said.
• They never concede a single point, no matter how well-supported the counterargument is. Instead, they shift the topic, reframe the discussion, or insist that any counterpoint is “Western propaganda.”
• They rely heavily on logical fallacies—particularly whataboutism (“But what about NATO’s history?”), false equivalence (“Russia sees NATO as a threat, so both sides are at fault”), and shifting the goalposts (when one argument is dismantled, they subtly pivot to another without acknowledging the first was refuted).

I only started wondering if some of these accounts might be Russian bots last week, but your comment is making me think my suspicion wasn’t just alarmist. Now I’m genuinely curious—have others been running into the same thing?