NAFO bot fellas

If you don't know what a NAFO bot is, you have not been following the conflict through social media. 

NAFO bots are the annoying people who twitter bomb anyone relaying any information from the War that does not suit their narrative.

But it is much more nefarious than that.

We have all noticed how crazy the world has become in the age of social media. Starting with the Meme wars and the rise of Pepe the Frog trolling and the order of KEK, WOKE culture served as a backlash, before morphing into Trans extremism, then Pro-VAX lunatics who wanted mandates and to lock everyone up, and now the NAFO radical death cult determined to push us into nuclear WAR.

So what’s going on here? Why are such small groups terrorising the silent majority?

While doing research on NAFO, I came across their ‘guidelines’ on how to become a Fella. And to my absolute lack of surprise, it is remarkably similar to the social experiment conducted by Ron Jones, a high school teacher, in 1967.

The experiment began innocently enough, with Jones creating a set of rules and symbols to create a sense of unity and discipline within the classroom. He called the group "The Third Wave" and told the students that it was part of a larger movement that was spreading across the country. He also created a salute, a motto, and a uniform for the group.

The experiment quickly took on a life of its own, as the students became more and more invested in the group identity that Jones had created. They began to exclude those who didn't conform, and some students even reported their classmates to the teacher for not following the rules.

Jones soon realized that the experiment had taken a dangerous turn and decided to end it. He held a final meeting with the students, where he explained the purpose of the experiment and how easily people could be manipulated into following authoritarian leaders.

The experiment became national news and sparked a conversation about the dangers of groupthink and blind conformity. It also inspired a novel called ‘ The Wave’ and a documentary, titled "Lesson Plan," that explored the experiment and its impact on the students who participated in it. Let's break down how this applies to the training for the North Atlantic FELLAS Organization and the TransWOKE, VAX mandate, Youth Attracted Alphabet brigade they are an extension of.

One of their captains begins with –

I've decided to write some friendly advice for new Fellas. A lot of this has come from first and second hand experiences. These are NOT rules. Just some tips to counter vatniks and to draw more people to NAFO (more donations!)

Like the teacher in the experiment, it is emphasised that these are not rules, just helpful tips. Oh and by the way if you have money, give it to us.

1.     Take care of yourself. Ensure you have security measures on your account. Be careful what you share. No good to anyone if you're scammed, doxxed or banned.

We are introduced to the Shiba Inu little dog Mascot teaching NAFO 101 and the message that we care about you. But they are also projecting effective ways of harming their opponents from the outset.

2.      Be nice to other fellas. We are massively diverse, so if you really don't like something just don't follow or mute. Do NOT attack them unless they're a genuine fake fella, which is super obvious.

Now we are getting into some group psychology and conformity. Essentially this edict asks you to ignore your own morality for the sake of the team. You are meant to challenge authority and your team in the face of injustice – not shut up!

This is why you can befriend someone who watches those poor people being burning alive in Odessa in 2014 while trolling – ‘Cope harder bro!’

Burnt Alive in Odessa Doc

3.     Article 5. This is best used rarely. Yesterday I called it to help a 🇺🇦 minister who was getting horrible nonsense on a post about his daughter. Don't use it on fellas, don't use it whenever you get attacked by one 6 follower account.

Article5 is their hashtag that rallies the troops. Another crucial development in group psychology, with this hashtag they can feel confident going up against anyone – even lions run from a swarm of wasps.

One of their biggest victories came when they took on long time Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov when he commented that Ukraine was the aggressor in the conflict. That's when @LiveFaustDieJung, a military Twitter e-celeb and NAFO member, stepped in.

He trolled: "You think it's cool to bomb innocent Ukrainian civilians just because some soldiers got shelled?" And Ulyanov, in a moment of weakness, replied to his troll.

He broke one of the cardinal rules of the internet: don't feed the trolls. He fell right into their trap and now his reply “You pronounced this nonsense, not me,” has become a meme among the Fellas. They're all repeating it, making fun of him, and even printing it on T-shirts that they sell to raise money for the Georgian Legion.

Ulyanov tried to play it cool, but he couldn't handle the heat. He vanished from Twitter for a week, probably to lick his wounds, before finally coming back to face the music. But the Fellas wouldn't leave him alone, they kept trolling him every chance they got.

And now they have a pretty funny Mantra.

4.     Continue to be yourself. Post things you like, have fun, it boosts engagement and gives everyone a break. Also, follow different people, learn about other people and countries.

Initially, I found it difficult to comment on this edict; it sounds like they are saying, don’t take life too seriously, which is usually decent advice. But further down we find out about how accounts get banned for trolling and one of the ways to combat that is to have wide ranging interests and posting about different things.

5.     Take a break! No harm in having time off.  There's now 10s of thousands of us. When we started this was not the case. Now it's rare for me to not find fellas already under nonsense posts.

We are Legion, you are part of a massive brotherhood – work hard, but at least get some sleep.

6.     Choose targets wisely. A 5 follower account isn't worth it and engaging can boost them. Replying to them is different, that can be fun. But also know when to block and stop. Mocking disinfo under news articles or big accounts is more useful.

Now we get to the job. Your job as a Fella is to ‘bonk’ this means to harass and shitpost on accounts that are big enough to be worth it.

So having adopted the title Fella, the uniform of the Shiba Inu, and the hashtag callsigns; the new recruit is instructed to go out and adopt and/or create acceptable Memes to mock their imagined enemy known as Vatniks – essentially anyone who questions the false narrative of the mainstream.

This exactly parallels the experiment created by the teacher–

They have Titles and Hierarchy

They have a Uniform – the Shiba Inu dog

They have a Motto – “You pronounced this nonsense, not me,”

The have a Job – bonking and responding to article5 rally cries

They have been instructed to NEVER question a Fella.

They have been subtly advised that banning, doxing, and scamming the enemy is the most effective thing to do.

They have been subtly advised on how not to be caught being a troll.

And they have been empowered by the idea, that they are Legion.

What could possibly go wrong?

7.      Mock, don't argue. 99/100 times they aren’t going to change their mind. NAFO works because we don't dignify nonsense.

This is a clarification on what ‘bonking’ is, their job is not to convince people that any information may be inaccurate, or to challenge the authenticity of the report… Don’t think, just Mock!

And what is nonsense? Well that will be everything that makes no sense IF the mainstream narrative were true… So we have entered a hyper-reality where everything that is true is nonsense because it conflicts with the false story they have been telling themselves, and the delusion sustains because the mainstream media feeds the echo chamber of Fellas.

8.      Don't force rules! If you don't like something a fella says or does, move on. Otherwise we can have disputes and lose focus. NAFO is more than you.

Again, the group is more than you, never question a Fella. And yet, without a hint of irony this is the next edict.

9.      Be tolerant. We will all have our own views, beliefs, backgrounds. I personally engage with accounts with wildly different political views. But I don't tolerate racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia.

Be tolerant – I don’t tolerate!!! Do you see the madness of this double speak? Do you think these WOKE idiots even realise how stupid their intolerance of intolerance is?

Of course not, because that would involve thinking, and they are taught not to think and engage in discussions. They are trained to MOCK those that say things that conflict with their narrative.

Which is why these kinds of people are known as ‘bots’. They are programmed just like any algorithm and they have no ability to evolve and improve, so they just churn out their fantasies that Ukraine is winning, Russia is losing, the Russian economy is collapsing, Putin is about to be overthrown, Russian equipment is 2^nd rate, Russians are armed with shovels, Russia are orcs doing wave attacks with convicts, and Crimea is about to be taken.

Never engaging with reality, all that matters is trolling.. and feeding your delusions.

Another member adds a few points for clarity.

4.1 Twitter will shadowban you if your follower circle is too constricted and your replies are too provocative. You can *help* Nafo by expanding your interests and engagement on Twitter.

This added the context to number 4.

Below we can see how stressed the point is about not discussing anything, having a reasonable discussion is simply out of the question.

7.1 This point can’t be stressed enough. I know: I deal with models of rationality, argumentation, cognitive biases, etc. professionally. YOU CAN’T REACH THESE PEOPLE. DON’T TRY.

7.2 IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A DEBATE WHILE BEING ACTIVE IN NAFO. Why? Debate requires both sides to be willing to change their views based on the argument. Are you willing to change your views about Ukraine or Russia? No? Then debate is impossible. Just is. End of.

So in an supposed organic organisation, tips have suddenly become highly stressed – and we can see how a friendly club has become radicalised… it’s that easy.

You should always question the narrative, especially in the age of advertising, PR, marketing, and these radicalised online groups. You’ll learn more by focusing on what someone doesn’t want you to know about, and from the people who are being silenced; than you will ever find out from their carefully crafted images, messages, and mantras.

We live in an online hyper-reality of images and narratives. Question everything, challenge every assumption, don’t get swept along with groupthink, you have a brain! USE IT!