Hi, Dale Shipp!
I read your message from 06.08.2018 23:54

  AK>> And, second -- those fake Russians on Facebook could not
  AK>> influence the elections just for a simple reason -- the
  AK>> absence of reputation. I, for  instance, can also say many
  AK>> ugly things about Clinton and Trump. But who  am I so that
  AK>> the Americans consider me as a valuable source of
  AK>> information? Only fools can.
  DS> And there are a lot of fools reading posts on facebook and
  DS> elsewhere-- and then echoing those posts to all of their
  DS> friends.  Some people are foolish enough to believe anything
  DS> they see on the internet, regardless of the stated source of
  DS> the information.

The main pressure on electorate comes from the respected mass media. I 
still can't imaging that anonymous Facebook blabbermouths can make the 
voters change their minds. Reputation is a base thing for any leader. If 
an American trusts any piece of information it looks strange. Unless a 
person wants the piece to be the truth. ;-)

Bye, Dale!
Alexander Koryagin
fido7.fidonews 2018
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