Why would the Russian and Chinese governments want to influence a small collection of web forums with no real influence on the wider world?

Why wouldn’t they? Why would Russian or Chinese people be any worse at using internet platforms than we are?

Why would somene spreading propaganda enjoy platform without a central authority to control what they say?

Hmm yeah, that’s a tough one. A really really tough nut to crack. Just no answer.

If only I got a euro for every time I read this general bullshit denial of propaganda and disinfo, “there’s no propaganda on Lemmy”, I’d be a rich man