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The Averra Docier: How one man faked discord "democracy" for over 3 years

danyo.substack.com The Averra Dossier: Secretive network of over 35 alt accounts revealed

For over two years, Averra has rigged every election in Alcris, stacked every branch of government and political party, and covertly repressed political opponents with his alt accounts.

Also available as a documentary style video essay on YouTube.

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This article becomes so much clearer, when you realize that nationstates is an online browser based Nation simulator

I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out what information I was missing because I wasn't pulling it from the article. It keeps talking about government processes and then reiterating steam accounts and Discord alt accounts and I'm like why would any Nation ever care about any of these

it's all virtual, it's a game. So much simpler to comprehend now
- Hahaha I did the same thing
Love me some niche political RP scandal write-ups
Nobody would ever do this on Lemmy though

video essay

Yeah no I am good. I think you should assume people are using alts until proven otherwise. Like the people on here accusing everyone of being Russian bots.
- I just thought it was a more lighthearted deep dive than the ones I usually post. It's pretty cool to see the different techniques this guy went through to identify alt accounts and how seriously discord nation state LARPers take their community