So I would sit with these propagandists, not just the guy in California, but dozens of them, and I would watch as they did this again and again successfully, not because they were Russian hackers, not because they were tech prodigies, not because they had unique political insights -- just because they understood how social media worked, and they were willing to exploit it to their advantage.
Eu sentava-me com os propagandistas. Não era só o da Califórnia, eram umas dezenas deles, e eu via-os a ter um sucesso repetido no que faziam. Não era por serem 'hackers' russos, ou peritos em computadores, ou por terem opiniões políticas particulares. Era por saberem como funcionam as redes sociais e terem vontade de tirarem proveito disso.