Netizens Doubt Anies' Confession Of Having No Buzzer

Anies Baswedan. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Recognition of Presidential Candidate (Capres) Anies Baswedan who never used buzzer or buzzer services during his time as governor of DKI Jakarta and political contestation began to be questioned. A number of bot accounts supporting Anies on Twitter were involved in the air war.

Political observer Dedi Kurnia Syah said that technically Buzzer is possible to be owned by all groups. Although in propaganda work there can be different functions, one side to do pure propaganda, one side to the other to counter the opponent's propaganda.

"It could be that Anies used Buzzer to deal with the opponent's attack. And it is possible for Anies not to be directly involved, this can be seen how when Anies became the winner," said Dedi, Sunday, December 3.

Buzzer in digital-era political work is natural, but it would damage the democratic climate if Buzzer was more dominant just to manipulate candidate reputations.

"Buzzers are needed for information to be sorted, which candidates do have the capacity, which ones don't," he said.

Anies' confession also began to be doubted by Net residents. One of the accounts that doubts Anies has no buzzer is @nazreashe. This account posted a comment: Anis seems to really have a big buzzer stock, every time he sees his comments on social media, like a buzzer concert. The @nazreashe account includes the hashtag #MulutManisAnies.

Netizens with the @oracion6 account think Anies' confession that he doesn't have a buzzer is just a trick.

"Not a buzzer but a special social media staff. You don't seem to know what he's talking about," he wrote.

"Heran lah dengan buzzer Anies masih membela orang yang buktinya saja sudah ada #mutemanmanianies," tulis akun @anujxmama

Based on the search, there are dozens of twitter accounts that have been most active in defending and voicing support for Anies-Muhaimin. Even these accounts often carry out attacks on Anies' political opponents.

Among them are username tweets: tijabar, BangPino, ekowboy2, UmarSyadalHsb, kakimNOW, Andria75777, GeisChalifah, descha05, marlina_idha, DaengWahidin2, NdoroTedjo, cakimNOW, hasyimmmah, Yuriss_Samosir, Yulia_NS79, Malika6027, thoriqul_haq, sutanmanggara, doelpaten, Putri96977, malika6027, aniesmania, Michel Adam7_, Mdy_Asmara, SulbenSiagian, marlina_idhasobat_anies, MissKoral, descha05.

There are also accounts that do not have followers or lack of followers ( bot accounts), such as: Poetin319138, Syamsul46772161, arokelesmana, hochidubu, Muhammad5497671, rumpadruwed, pisces_mogoy, xyzahmira, ninaadndr, Alamsyah Fa84126, aziz_rendi26, olikh003, sandals_swallow, independent cun, tugugolonggilig, RajaDLaw1, nasrunadam, state_pungli, nanoeunnayujneon2336, workkerrum80520, atinatrom185953, and many more hundreds of accounts like this.