(Moscow-on-Thames) People trying to sound smart about Russian strategy like to use funny words, like zugzwang (what happens in chess when you’re obliged to make a move that will inevitably hasten your own defeat) or kuzushi (the knack in judo of getting your opponent off-balance). Mostly, of course, this is shorthand for “I don’t really know what’s going on, but here’s something that sounds good.”
Funny, then, that people who usually go in for this kind of analysis are so easily kuzushied. (Or zugzwanged? I forget.) Case in point:
A sensible proposal to stop Russian bots from interfering in our elections and life: digital certificates for Facebook and Twitter accounts twitter.com/misterkolak/st…
Worried about bots and trolls? Of course you are. We all are. They’re annoying, destabilizing and a major pain in the neck, and they disrupt normal debate, commerce and entertainment, regardless of whether they’re being farmed by the Kremlin. If you’re still on the fence about how much of this is really going on, just read this. Or this. Separate and apart from any questions about nefarious Russian intentions, it’s a problem. […]
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